Thesaurus: fanatic

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1. a. Pertaining to, or indicating, fanaticism; extravagant in opinions; ultra; unreasonable; excessively enthusiastic, especially on religious subjects; as, fanatic zeal; fanatic notions.
2. n. A person affected by excessive enthusiasm, particularly on religious subjects; one who indulges wild and extravagant notions of religion.
3. adj. marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea
4. n. a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause)
5. Pertaining to, or indicating, fanaticism; extravagant in opinions; ultra; unreasonable; excessively enthusiastic, especially on religious subjects; as, fanatic zeal; fanatic notions. But Faith, fanatic Faith, once wedded fast To some dear falsehood, hugs it to the last. T. Moore. A person affected by excessive enthusiasm, particularly on religious subjects; one who indulges wild and extravagant notions of religion. There is a new word, coined within few months, called fanatics, which, by the close stickling thereof, seemeth well cut out and proportioned to signify what is meant thereby, even the sectaries of our age. Fuller (1660). Fanatics are governed rather by imagination than by judgment. Stowe.
6. Pertaining to, or indicating, fanaticism; extravagant inopinions; ultra; unreasonable; excessively enthusiastic, especiallyon religious subjects; as, fanatic zeal; fanatic notions.But Faith, fanatic Faith, once wedded fast To some dear falsehood,hugs it to the last. T. Moore.
7. j:16/n:84 n. a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause) s. marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea