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[ zel-uh-tree ] / ˈzɛl ə tri / SEE SYNONYMS FOR zealotry ON THESAURUS.COM
nounundue or excessive zeal; fanaticism. Origin of zealotryFirst recorded in 1650–60; zealot + -ry Words nearby zealotryze, Zea, zeal, Zealand, zealot, zealotry, zealous, Zeami, zeatin, zeaxanthin, zebec Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for zealotryBut Homeland is also a highly provocative drama, fueled by paranoia, patriotism, zealotry, and madness. ‘Homeland’ Sweeps the Emmys: Why Showtime’s Thriller Exploded|Jace Lacob|September 24, 2012|DAILY BEAST Exempli gratia: They put their zealotry above their survival. When Bibi Suggested Iran Was Rational|Ali Gharib|September 18, 2012|DAILY BEAST Buzz Bissinger says the trial is a travesty, fueled by Bonds' unpopularity and one man's zealotry. Barry Bonds' Federal Steroids Case Was a Travesty|Buzz Bissinger|April 3, 2011|DAILY BEAST That said, cyclists do pursue a form of zealotry of their own. The Great New York City Bicycle Wars|Tunku Varadarajan|December 14, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Ellroy pauses at every marker, examining the intoxications of zealotry, but ultimately casts them all aside. Ellroy's American Underworld|Nathaniel Rich|September 23, 2009|DAILY BEAST Those cursed Jesuits, zealous with the zealotry of a new order! Dreamers of the Ghetto|I. Zangwill He snorted aloud with zealotry and the lust for intellectual battle. Essays of Travel|Robert Louis Stevenson This faction was as blind in its zealotry in favor of Johnston, as in its prejudice against Davis. The Life of Jefferson Davis|Frank H. Alfriend
British Dictionary definitions for zealotry
nounextreme or excessive zeal or devotion Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to zealotryfanaticism, nationalism, jingoism, intolerance, zeal, bigotry, hatred, extremism, narrowness, madness, abandonment, dogma, unruliness, bias, infatuation, transport, stubbornness, obstinacy, passion, injustice |