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fanatical

[ fuh-nat-i-kuhl ]

adjective

  1. motivated or characterized by an extreme, uncritical enthusiasm or zeal, as in religion or politics.

    Synonyms: rabid, frenzied, zealous, enthusiastic



fanatical

/ fəˈnætɪkəl /

adjective

  1. surpassing what is normal or accepted in enthusiasm for or belief in something; excessively or unusually dedicated or devoted


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Derived Forms

  • faˈnatically, adverb

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Other Words From

  • 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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of fanatical1

First recorded in 1540–50; fanatic + -al 1

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Example Sentences

These fanatical groups wish to create fundamentalist enclaves in which some version of Sharia law will prevail.

His is a fanbase so fanatical that even those pretending to be him are mobbed and celebrated.

The foreign fighters are often the most fanatical on the battlefield.

Having seen the finished product, I doubt that anyone but the most fanatical fundamentalists will object.

It was a product of Republican brinksmanship over the debt ceiling, and a near-fanatical desire for spending cuts.

The standard of the Prophet was raised in the bazaar and a fanatical mob rallied round it.

His duties as Pipe-master, Hennemann discharged with great fidelity; yea, even with genuine fanatical zeal.

Blind faith in a religion, fanatical zeal for a religion, are too common to astonish us.

But a fanatical or parricide priest is not incited in this way; heaven is held out to him, and not a woman.

The fanatical Fra Rupert and the low, vile-tongued Catanaise are not tragic characters.

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