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fanatical
[ fuh-nat-i-kuhl ]
adjective
- motivated or characterized by an extreme, uncritical enthusiasm or zeal, as in religion or politics.
Synonyms: rabid, frenzied, zealous, enthusiastic
fanatical
/ fəˈnætɪkəl /
adjective
- 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·nati·cal·ly adverb
- fa·nati·cal·ness noun
- nonfa·nati·cal adjective
- nonfa·nati·cal·ly adverb
- unfa·nati·cal adjective
- unfa·nati·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fanatical1
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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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