fanatic
a person with an extreme and uncritical enthusiasm or zeal, as in religion or politics.
Origin of fanatic
1synonym study For fanatic
Other words for fanatic
Other words from fanatic
- non·fa·nat·ic, noun, adjective
Words that may be confused with fanatic
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How to use fanatic in a sentence
They died for simply going to work that morning, killed by religious fanatics, homicide victims all.
A pivotal moment comes when Amir admits he felt more than a flicker of pride when fanatics attacked the Twin Towers.
Religion, Race, and a Broadway Hit: The Making of ‘Disgraced’ | Tim Teeman | November 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe rise of these fanatics in Iraq and Syria means many things.
Obama’s War in Iraq Marks the Return of the Global War on Terror | Eli Lake | August 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen he attacked “bosses” and “political machines,” he made sure to denounce “demagogues” and “fanatics” in the next sentence.
The GOP’s Last Identity Crisis Remade U.S. Politics | Michael Wolraich | July 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWho runs a democracy this way, limiting polling places and hours to ensure that nominees are crowned by a narrow band of fanatics?
The GOP Establishment Turns a ‘Firehose’ on Virginia Tea Partiers | Michelle Cottle | May 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Am I wrong in connecting this sort of imagination with that which one witnesses in fanatics of religious faith?
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z | Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois ChristopheThe accused malignants, on the other hand, complained bitterly of the impertinence of meddling fanatics and hypocrites.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayThen followed another column, reviling the cowardly fools, as they were termed, whom captivity had converted into fanatics.
My Ten Years' Imprisonment | Silvio PellicoThey are either fanatics, or scoundrels, or ambitious men, whose word we can not rely upon.
Superstition In All Ages (1732) | Jean MeslierWhat an answer to the platitudes of fanatics who have the audacity to assert that philosophy is but the fruit of libertinage!
Superstition In All Ages (1732) | Jean Meslier
British Dictionary definitions for fanatic
/ (fəˈnætɪk) /
a person whose enthusiasm or zeal for something is extreme or beyond normal limits
informal a person devoted to a particular hobby or pastime; fan: a jazz fanatic
a variant of fanatical
Origin of fanatic
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