fanatic
fanatic
Definition
fa·natic (fə nat′ik)
adjective
Etymology: < L fanaticus, of a temple, hence enthusiastic, inspired < fanum, a temple: see fane
noun
a person whose extreme zeal, piety, etc. goes beyond what is reasonable; zealot
fanatic
Synonyms
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Usage Examples
Converse of object
- have: By Dominic Prince, Daily Mail World Cup mania is about to have football fanatics glued to the TV.
- golf: There must be something in the water in the north of England that has turned its inhabitants into golfing fanatics.
- brainwash: Many thanks for helping to stop the brainwashed religious fanatics from tearing the planet apart.
- appease: Mr Blair said there was no appeasing fanatics, whose enemy was " anyone who isn't them " .
Adjective modifier
- religious: The ITC is run by religious fanatics fighting against a huge tide of truth.
- fundamentalist: We do not need secret police, uniformed storm troopers or identity cards to deal with foreign fundamentalist fanatics.
- Islamic: Yet when Islamic fanatics commit acts of horrifying atrocity, and do so as Moslems, the peaceable Islamic majority has nothing to say.
- dangerous: For these men and women from the future are themselves dangerous fanatics in pursuit of their own bizarre quantum grail.
Adjective complement with noun phrase
- become: Keeping fit and healthy is not simply about losing weight, building muscles or becoming a fitness fanatic.
Modifies a noun
- zeal: The fanatic zeal that inspired the first crusaders was already dying out.
Noun used with modifier
- islamist: But they weren't the ones who took to the streets and riots - they were Islamist fanatics, malcontents and thugs.
- fitness: FITNESS fanatics or people just wanting to get in shape are urged to join a popular group for the over 50s in West Middlesbrough.
- football: By Dominic Prince, Daily Mail World Cup mania is about to have football fanatics glued to the TV.
- golf: Golf Gift Idea A lot of the ladies out there are dating guys or are married to golf fanatics.
- sport: Niketown, at Oxford Circus, is a magnet for sports fanatics.
- car: Thanks again for giving us car fanatics a voice to say what we think and feel about the cars of all ages!
Infinitive complement
- enjoy: Understandably the top attraction in Scotland, far less Edinburgh, you do not need to be a history fanatic to enjoy the castle.
fanatic Quotes
Give me the outside of all things, I am a fanatic for the externality of things.
Just as every conviction begins as a whim so does every emancipator serve his apprenticeship as a crank. A fanatic is a great leader who is just entering the room.
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