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- DictionaryFa·nat·i·cal/fəˈnadək(ə)l/
adjective
- 1. filled with excessive and single-minded zeal: "fanatical revolutionaries"
extremely interested in something, to a degree that some people find unreasonable: His dedication to fitness was almost fanatical. fanatical about Gary's fanatical about football. disapproving. holding extreme beliefs that may lead to unreasonable or violent behavior: a fanatical group that has threatened to assassinate doctors.
If you are excessively enthusiastic about something — a sports team, an actor, your religion, saving the whales, a certain brand of chocolate — then you are fanatical about it. Fanatical comes from the word fanatic , which itself came from the Latin fanaticus , meaning "mad" or "inspired by a deity."
Fanatic, zealot, militant, devotee refer to persons showing more than ordinary support for, adherence to, or interest in a cause, point of view, or activity. Fanatic and zealot both suggest excessive or overweening devotion to a cause or belief. Fanatic further implies unbalanced or obsessive behavior: a wild-eyed fanatic.
adjective. Holding especially political views that deviate drastically and fundamentally from conventional or traditional beliefs: extreme, extremist, fanatic, rabid, radical, revolutionary, ultra. Slang: far-out. The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus.
6 days ago · adjective. If you describe someone as fanatical, you disapprove of them because you consider their behaviour or opinions to be very extreme . [disapproval] As a boy he was a fanatical patriot. Synonyms: obsessive, burning, wild, mad More Synonyms of fanatical.
(informal) extremely enthusiastic. a fanatical supporter of the team. their fanatical devotion to the show. fanatical about something She's fanatical about healthy eating. Check pronunciation: fanatical. Definition of fanatical adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
Fanatical definition: . See examples of FANATICAL used in a sentence.
