Fanatic meaning

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A person marked or motivated by an extreme, unreasoning enthusiasm, as for a cause.
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The definition of a fanatic is a person who is overly excited and interested in something.

An example of fanatic is someone with a room devoted to Elvis Presley in their two-bedroom house.

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A person who is zealously enthusiastic for some cause, especially in religion.
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Fanatical.
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A person whose extreme zeal, piety, etc. goes beyond what is reasonable; zealot.
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Origin of fanatic

  • Latin fānāticus inspired by orgiastic rites, pertaining to a temple from fānum temple dhēs- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • First attested in 1525. From Latin fānāticus (“of a temple, divinely inspired, frenzied”), from fānum (“temple”). Influenced by French fanatique.

    From Wiktionary

Fanatic Sentence Examples

  • If the horseracing fanatic, Brandon, was there, he'd call this man a wild mustang.

  • "Indeed," said the old fanatic, "I am afraid that you have."

  • The Dahra and the Warsenis rose at the voice of a fanatic called Bu-Maza (" the goat man "), a Khuan of the order of the Mouley-TaIeb.

  • 1 Keimer and his sister had come the year before from London, where he had learned his trade; both were ardent members of the fanatic band of " French prophets."

  • That so clear-headed a man could have credited the lies of Oates and the other perjurers is beyond belief; and the manner in which he excited baseless alarms, and encouraged fanatic cruelty, for nothing but party advantage, is without excuse.

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