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US
/fəˈnætɪk/
]
[ UK /fɐnˈætɪk/ ]
[ UK /fɐnˈætɪk/ ]
NOUN
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a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause)
A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject
ADJECTIVE
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marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea
rabid isolationist
How To Use fanatic In A Sentence
- In itself, the letter will not stop fanaticism or allay age-old suspicions. Times, Sunday Times
- Fear that someone will accuse them of being a right wing ultra-orthograph fanatic? The Volokh Conspiracy » What Kind of People Affiliate with Human Rights Watch’s Middle East Division?
- According to this Wisconsin whitetail fanatic, the lull is a fine time to take a buck, and the many big deer he's tagged during this period are proof. How to Find Trophy Bucks in the Early October Lull
- Matthew, who is studying for his A-levels, is a fitness fanatic with a black belt in the martial art ikedo.
- Hezbollah is waging "asymmetrical" warfare against Israel based on increasingly radicalized and even fanaticized mass support. Nathan Gardels: Beginning of the End for Israel?
- And while you might think that you have all the right in the world to lead Orlath, I am not fighting merely to replace a madwoman with a fanatic.
- Here is a business that has shrieking fanatics lining up around the block in the middle of the night to buy its product.
- A pope determined to bring his message to the world makes himself vulnerable to the malign intentions of fanatics. Times, Sunday Times
- My fanatical interest in bluegrass began when I was 9 years old," he wrote. UC Berkeley graduate with autism produces honors thesis on bluegrass music
- Tiny in numbers and fanatical in zeal. The Sun