Fanaticism
/fəˈnæt.ɪ.sɪ.zəm/ noun
noun ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The characteristic or practice of being a fanatic. countable, uncountable
"The demon of fanaticism was the shape which it took with us; and verily, what with religious republicans, harmonists, quakers, fifth-monarchy men, presbyterians, and the reign of the saints upon earth, it needs the strong hand of a Cromwell to reduce the spiritual chaos to any sort of order."
- 2 excessive intolerance of opposing views wordnet
Example
More examples"Fanaticism is a monster a thousand times more dangerous than philosophical atheism."
Etymology
From fanatic + -ism.