zealotry
undue or excessive zeal; fanaticism.
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Nick Gillespie on why their single-minded zealotry has gone too far.
Ban E-Cigarettes? The Anti-Smoking Lobby's Clueless Crusade | Nick Gillespie | August 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut Homeland is also a highly provocative drama, fueled by paranoia, patriotism, zealotry, and madness.
‘Homeland’ Sweeps the Emmys: Why Showtime’s Thriller Exploded | Jace Lacob | September 24, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTExempli gratia: They put their zealotry above their survival.
Buzz Bissinger says the trial is a travesty, fueled by Bonds' unpopularity and one man's zealotry.
Barry Bonds' Federal Steroids Case Was a Travesty | Buzz Bissinger | April 3, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd that, not religious zealotry, is the underlying thesis of her book.
Religious fervor and political zealotry, in those stormy times, always accompanied each other.
History of the Jews, Vol. II (of 6) | Heinrich GraetzTo such shocking conspiracies against common sense and decency does ecclesiastical zealotry bring even good men like Lamennais.
Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3) | John MorleyHe snorted aloud with zealotry and the lust for intellectual battle.
Essays of Travel | Robert Louis StevensonIt often unites the self-sacrificing zealotry of religious fanaticism with the recklessness of the gambling table.
A Leap in the Dark | A.V. DiceyThis faction was as blind in its zealotry in favor of Johnston, as in its prejudice against Davis.
The Life of Jefferson Davis | Frank H. Alfriend
British Dictionary definitions for zealotry
/ (ˈzɛlətrɪ) /
extreme or excessive zeal or devotion
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