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- Dictionaryfa·nat·i·cal/fəˈnadək(ə)l/
adjective
- 1. filled with excessive and single-minded zeal: "fanatical revolutionaries" Similar Opposite
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FANATICAL definition: 1. extremely interested in something, to a degree that some people find unreasonable: 2. holding…. Learn more.
The meaning of FANATIC is a person exhibiting excessive enthusiasm and intense uncritical devotion toward some controversial matter (as in religion or politics).
Fanatical means having and being motivated by an extreme and often unquestioning enthusiasm, devotion, or zeal for something, such as a religion, political stance, or cause.
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.
If you describe someone as fanatical, you disapprove of them because you consider their behaviour or opinions to be very extreme.
FANATICAL meaning: 1. extremely interested in something, to a degree that some people find unreasonable: 2. holding…. Learn more.
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 fanatical. fanatical synonyms, fanatical pronunciation, fanatical translation, English dictionary definition of fanatical. adj. Possessed with or motivated by excessive, irrational zeal. fa·nat′i·cal·ly adv. fa·nat′i·cal·ness n.
Definition of fanatical adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
a person who is extremely interested in something, to a degree that some people find unreasonable: a fitness / sports 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.
