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fanaticismfa‧nat‧i‧cis‧m /fəˈnætɪsɪzəm/ noun [uncountable] - A madness, an extraordinary fanaticism, took possession of all these new worshippers of the sun.
- At the end of the day, of course, it is fanaticism, not literature, that pulls the trigger.
- But eventually he was forced to concede that religious and regional fanaticism threatened to overwhelm his reforms.
- Deep anxiety may cause obsessive behaviour, fanaticism or a strict adherence to religion for the wrong reasons.
- The boy saw through the fanaticism and found that his sense of chivalry was excited.
- The present writer, too, can testify to the fanaticism from discussions at that time with diplomats in London and overseas.
- They marched on, goaded by a fanaticism which made everything possible, a manic gleam in the eye.
► religious fanaticism The bombing symbolizes the worst of religious fanaticism. extreme political or religious beliefs – used to show disapproval SYN extremism: The bombing symbolizes the worst of religious fanaticism. |