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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024fa•nat•ic /fəˈnætɪk/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a person with extreme enthusiasm or zeal, such as in religion or politics;
zealot.
adj. Also, faˈnat•i•cal. - having extreme enthusiasm or zeal.
fa•nat•i•cal•ly, adv. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024fa•nat•ic (fə nat′ik),USA pronunciation n. - a person with an extreme and uncritical enthusiasm or zeal, as in religion or politics.
adj. - fanatical.
- Latin fānāticus pertaining to a temple, inspired by orgiastic rites, frantic, equivalent. to fān(um) temple + -āticus, equivalent. to -āt(us) -ate1 + -icus -ic
- 1515–25
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged enthusiast, zealot, bigot, hothead, militant. 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.Zealot, only slightly less unfavorable in implication than fanatic, implies single-minded partisanship:a tireless zealot for tax reform.Militant stresses vigorous, aggressive support for or opposition to a plan or ideal and suggests a combative stance. Devotee is a milder term than any of the foregoing, suggesting enthusiasm but not to the exclusion of other interests or possible points of view:a jazz devotee.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: fanatic /fəˈnætɪk/ n - a person whose enthusiasm or zeal for something is extreme or beyond normal limits
- informal a person devoted to a particular hobby or pastime; fan
adj - a variant of fanatical
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin fānāticus belonging to a temple, hence, inspired by a god, frenzied, from fānum temple |