noun

• The quality of being fanatical.

  ‘the dangers of religious fanaticism’

  More example sentences

  • ‘There seems to be a fanaticism on the part of those who legislate, for how come there is no variation of punishment?’
  • ‘Still, fanaticism doesn't strike a chord with the majority of the region's Muslims.’
  • ‘I think religious fanaticism is extremely unhealthy and it seems Mel Gibson is guilty of that.’
  • ‘The prospects are for more destruction, fanaticism, violence and hatred.’

  Synonyms

  zealotry, zeal, extremism, militancy, sectarianism, fundamentalism, bigotry, dogmatism, chauvinism, radicalism, immoderation

  obsessiveness, over-enthusiasm, addiction, fixation, madness, monomania, immoderation, passion, infatuation

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