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- Dictionaryfa·nat·ic/fəˈnadik/
noun
- 1. a person filled with excessive and single-minded zeal, especially for an extreme religious or political cause: "religious fanatics" Similar Opposite
adjective
- 1. filled with or expressing excessive zeal: "his fanatic energy"
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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?
a person who is extremely interested in something, to a degree that some people find unreasonable: a fitness / film fanatic. disapproving. a person who has very extreme beliefs that may lead them to behave in unreasonable or violent ways: religious fanatics. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Enthusiasts. -aholic. -oholic. aficionado.
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. a jazz fanatic.
If you’re apt to come off as a little zany and express extreme enthusiasm for a particular idea or thing, you may be described as a fanatic. "She’s a real vegetable fanatic; I’ve never seen someone so enthusiastic about gardening methods.
If you describe someone as a fanatic, you disapprove of them because you consider their behaviour or opinions to be very extreme.
adjective. /fəˈnætɪk/ (also fanatical) (disapproving) holding, expressing or connected with extreme or dangerous opinions. fanatic followers of the cult leader. fanatic ideology. fanatic about something He's fanatic about his religious beliefs. Join us.
Fanatic definition: a person with an extreme and uncritical enthusiasm or zeal, as in religion or politics. See examples of FANATIC used in a sentence.
Define fanatic. fanatic synonyms, fanatic pronunciation, fanatic translation, English dictionary definition of fanatic. n. A person marked or motivated by an extreme, unreasoning enthusiasm, as for a cause. adj. Fanatical.
Definition of fanatic noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Fanatic definition: A person marked or motivated by an extreme, unreasoning enthusiasm, as for a cause.
