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Fanatic

Fanatic Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Fanatic? [n] a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause); "A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject"--Winston Churchill [adj] marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea; "rabid isolationist" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Fanatic: fanatical \| fiend \| overzealous \| passionate \| rabid Related Terms \| Find terms related to Fanatic: accepter \| addict \| aficionado \| alien \| aliene \| ass \| bedlamite \| believer \| bigot \| bitter-ender \| borderline case \| buff \| bug \| bullethead \| case \| catechumen \| character \| chauvinist \| Christian \| churchgoer \| churchite \| churchman \| collector \| communicant \| convert \| crackbrain \| crackpot \| crank \| daily communicant \| dement \| demon \| demoniac \| devotee \| devotionalist \| diehard \| disciple \| doctrinaire \| dogmatist \| donkey \| eager beaver \| eccentric \| energumen \| enthusiast \| extremist \| faddist \| fan \| fanatico \| fiend \| flake \| follower \| fou \| freak \| God-fearing man \| good Christian \| great one for \| hardnose \| hermit \| hobbyist \| hobo \| hound \| idiot \| illiberal \| infatuate \| intolerant \| intransigeant \| intransigent \| jingo \| kook \| last-ditcher \| lone wolf \| loner \| loon \| loony \| lunatic \| lunatic fringe \| madman \| male chauvinist \| maniac \| maverick \| meshuggenah \| monomaniac \| mule \| natural \| neophyte \| noncompos \| nonconformist \| nut \| odd fellow \| oddball \| oddity \| original \| outsider \| pariah \| perverse fool \| phrenetic \| pietist \| pig \| pighead \| positivist \| proselyte \| purist \| pursuer \| queer duck \| queer fish \| queer specimen \| rabid \| racist \| radical \| rara avis \| raving lunatic \| receiver \| religionist \| revolutional \| revolutionary \| revolutionist \| rhapsodist \| saint \| screwball \| sexist \| solitary \| standpat \| standpatter \| stickler \| sucker for \| superpatriot \| theist \| tramp \| truster \| type \| ultra \| ultraist \| ultranationalist \| visionary \| votary \| weirdo \| zealot See Also \| enthusiast \| partisan \| partizan Fanatic In Webster's Dictionary \Fanat"ic\, a. [L. fanaticus inspired by divinity, enthusiastic, frantic, fr. fanum fane: cf. F. fanatique. See {Fane}.] Pertaining to, or indicating, fanaticism; extravagant in opinions; ultra; unreasonable; excessively enthusiastic, especially on religious subjects; as, fanatic zeal; fanatic notions. But Faith, fanatic Faith, once wedded fast To some dear falsehood, hugs it to the last. --T. Moore. \Fanat"ic\, n. A person affected by excessive enthusiasm, particularly on religious subjects; one who indulges wild and extravagant notions of religion. There is a new word, coined within few months, called fanatics, which, by the close stickling thereof, seemeth well cut out and proportioned to signify what is meant thereby, even the sectaries of our age. --Fuller (1660). Fanatics are governed rather by imagination than by judgment. --Stowe.

Fanatic Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Fanatic?

[n] a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause); "A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject"--Winston Churchill
[adj] marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea; "rabid isolationist"

See Also | enthusiast | partisan | partizan

Fanatic In Webster's Dictionary

\Fa*nat"ic\, a. [L. fanaticus inspired by divinity,
enthusiastic, frantic, fr. fanum fane: cf. F. fanatique. See
{Fane}.]
Pertaining to, or indicating, fanaticism; extravagant in
opinions; ultra; unreasonable; excessively enthusiastic,
especially on religious subjects; as, fanatic zeal; fanatic
notions.

      But Faith, fanatic Faith, once wedded fast To some dear
      falsehood, hugs it to the last.          --T. Moore.


\Fa*nat"ic\, n.
A person affected by excessive enthusiasm, particularly on
religious subjects; one who indulges wild and extravagant
notions of religion.

      There is a new word, coined within few months, called
      fanatics, which, by the close stickling thereof,
      seemeth well cut out and proportioned to signify what
      is meant thereby, even the sectaries of our age.
                                               --Fuller
                                               (1660).

      Fanatics are governed rather by imagination than by
      judgment.                                --Stowe.

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