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- DictionaryFa·nat·i·cal/fəˈnadək(ə)l/
adjective
- 1. filled with excessive and single-minded zeal: "fanatical revolutionaries"
Fanatical means having and being motivated by an extreme and often unquestioning enthusiasm, devotion, or zeal for something, such as a religion, political stance, or cause. A person who shows such extreme enthusiasm or devotion is called a fanatic.
The meaning of FANATIC is a person exhibiting excessive enthusiasm and intense uncritical devotion toward some controversial matter (as in religion or politics). How to use fanatic in a sentence. The Fanatical Origin of Fan Did you know?
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 behaviour: a fanatical group that has threatened to assassinate doctors.
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.
Add to word list. C2 informal. a person who is extremely interested in something, to a degree that some people find unreasonable: a fitness / sports fanatic. disapproving. a person who has very extreme beliefs that may lead them to behave in unreasonable or violent ways: religious fanatics.
