fa·nat·i·cal

[fuh-nat-i-kuhl]
adjective
motivated or characterized by an extreme, uncritical enthusiasm or zeal, as in religion or politics.
Also, fanatic.


Origin:
1540–50; fanatic + -al1

fa·nat·i·cal·ly, adverb
fa·nat·i·cal·ness, noun
non·fa·nat·i·cal, adjective
non·fa·nat·i·cal·ly, adverb
un·fa·nat·i·cal, adjective
un·fa·nat·i·cal·ly, adverb


enthusiastic, zealous, frenzied, rabid. See intolerant, radical.
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fanatical (fəˈnætɪkəl) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
surpassing what is normal or accepted in enthusiasm for or belief in something; excessively or unusually dedicated or devoted
 
fa'natically
 
adv

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Fanatical is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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Word Origin & History

fanatical
1540s, from fanatic + -al (1). Related: Fanatically.
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Example sentences
Pound thundered out social and political views which later he would shun as wrong and fanatical.
Those fanatical consumers came to be known as audiophiles.
Such a strategy is the only way for the healthy aspects of dance, and sports, to triumph over its fanatical and unhealthy aspects.
But over the past few decades it has attracted fanatical thugs to its ranks.
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