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   fanatical

   /fəˈnatɪkl/

   adjective

   • 1. filled with excessive and single-minded zeal: "fanatical revolutionaries" Similar zealousextremistextrememilitantdogmaticsectarianbigotedrabidmaniacalradicaldiehardactivistprejudicedchauvinisticintolerantnarrow-mindedsingle-mindedpartisanblinkeredilliberalinflexibleuncompromisinginformal:swivel-eyedOpposite moderateopen-minded
   • ▪ obsessively concerned with something: "her husband was fanatical about tidiness" Similar enthusiasticeagerkeenferventardentfervidpassionatedevoteddedicatedover-enthusiasticobsessiveobsessedinfatuatedfixatedcompulsiveimmoderatefrenziedfreneticinformal:wildgung-honutscrazyhookedpottydottywackadoowackadoodleliterary:passionalperfervidOpposite indifferent

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   • 1. fanatically adverb

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishFANATICAL | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   FANATICAL definition: 1. extremely interested in something, to a degree that some people find unreasonable: 2. holding…. Learn more.

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   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?

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   Fanatical can be used to describe either a kind of fanatic or such a person’s beliefs or behavior. Example: We dismiss these extreme beliefs by calling them fanatical, but they may be more widespread than we think.

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   FANATICAL meaning: 1. extremely interested in something, to a degree that some people find unreasonable: 2. holding…. Learn more.

6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishFANATICAL definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   If you describe someone as fanatical, you disapprove of them because you consider their behaviour or opinions to be very extreme.

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   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."

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   noun. a person with an extreme and uncritical enthusiasm or zeal, as in religion or politics. Synonyms: militant, hothead, bigot, zealot, enthusiast. adjective. fanatical. / fəˈnætɪk / noun. 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.