Fanatic

Word FANATIC
Character 7
Hyphenation fa nat ic
Pronunciations /fəˈnæt.ɪk/

Definitions and meanings of "Fanatic"

What do we mean by fanatic?

A person marked or motivated by an extreme, unreasoning enthusiasm, as for a cause. noun

Fanatical. adjective

Same as fanatical.

A person affected by zeal or enthusiasm, particularly on religious subjects; one given to wild and extravagant notions of religion. noun

Pertaining to, or indicating, fanaticism; extravagant in opinions; ultra; unreasonable; excessively enthusiastic, especially on religious subjects adjective

A person affected by excessive enthusiasm, particularly on religious subjects; one who indulges wild and extravagant notions of religion. noun

Fanatical. adjective

Showing evidence of possession by a god or demon; frenzied, over-zealous. adjective

A person who is zealously enthusiastic for some cause, especially in religion. noun

Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea adjective

A person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause) noun

A person who is zealously enthusiastic for some cause, especially in religion.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Fanatic

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The word "fanatic" in example sentences

Giving a whole new meaning to the term fanatic, this deranged devotee and No 1 fan of a romance-novel writer (James Caan), holds him against his will, forces a rewrite of the protagonist's fate and then sledgehammers his legs so he can't escape from her. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Sorry, but a fanatic is a fanatic, regardless of what sheepskin she wears. ❋ Unknown (2005)

The pope says many parts of the world are now facing threats to peace, including terrorism and what he calls fanatic fundamentalist. ❋ Unknown (2006)

I read "Napalm and Silly Putty" ― a must read for any Carlin fanatic ― this past week, after finding it in a library book sale this winter. ❋ Unknown (2009)

You resemble nothing so much as a Palin fanatic circa Pearl Harbor Day 2008. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In my experience, the essential pop fanatic is a polygamist. ❋ Unknown (2009)

There's no way to please all the fans with all the interpretations, but this fanatic is quite pleased so far. ❋ Roger Langridge (2009)

My mother's family has been American since 1639, my great + grandfather fought in the Revolutionary War, and no fanatic is telling me to leave my country because I don't listen to Fox News. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I am an oatmeal raisin fanatic - so can I sub raisins for the choc chips and throw in some pecans?? ❋ Homesick Texan (2009)

I'm always worried some Red Sox fanatic is going to give Frank a little "Fenway massage" with a bat or something. ❋ Frankwu (2009)

What genuine fanatic is going to be inspired by amateur terrorists who have trouble igniting gasoline? ❋ Unknown (2007)

You'd have no idea, just from that, that I'm a Chesterton addict, a raving Tolkein fanatic, nor a huge fan of Kate di Camillo. ❋ Roger Sutton (2007)

J.K. Rowling: Griphook was wrong – Gryffindor did not ‘steal’ the sword, not unless you are a goblin fanatic and believe that all goblin-made objects really belong to the maker. (emp. add.) ❋ Unknown (2007)

I am a word fanatic which makes it only fitting that I am now an English teacher in China! and I changed the word "irregardless" to "regardless" on an adjuster's form. ❋ Unknown (2009)

To be a Star Wars fanatic is to have the universe infinitely open to all that may not exist, but exists to us not only in the movies, but also in debates with other fans, in consideration of what other worlds could possibly exist, but were never shown in the Star Wars movies, to even use a gift-wrap tube or anything else long enough as a lightsaber. ❋ Unknown (2006)

A political fanatic is not someone who wants to perfect himself. ❋ Unknown (1998)

The engineer brother, however, happened to be a yoga fanatic, which is to say he practiced breathing. ❋ Pam Grout (1996)

There is hardly a folly or a crime that has not been committed prayerfully and with a clear conscience; the saint and the criminal are sometimes psychologically indistinguishable indeed, by which name we call a fanatic may depend upon which side we are on. ❋ Durant Drake (N/A)

The unread critic who is so ready with the word fanatic whenever alcohol is attacked might begin to derive from it some faint idea of the quality and massiveness of the evidence upon which our case is based. ❋ Unknown (1909)

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