Fanaticism is a monster a thousand times more dangerous than philosophical atheism.
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Fanaticism
//fəˈnæt.ɪ.sɪ.zəm//
Synonyms for "fanaticism" (158 found)
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nearsightednessobduracyobsessivenessobstinacyobstinatenessodium theologicumopinionatednessoverambitiousnessoveranxietyoveranxiousnessoverdevoutnessovereagernessoverenthusiasmoverpiousnessoverreactionoverreligiousnessoverrighteousnessoverzealousnesspandemoniumparochialism
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Noun(3 words)
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58 translations across 40 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- fanatizëm noun (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)
Arabic
1 entries- تَعَصُّب noun (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)
Armenian
1 entries- ֆանատիզմ noun (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- təəssübkeşlik noun (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)
Belarusian
2 entries- фанаты́зм noun (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)
- фанаты́чнасць noun (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)
Bulgarian
2 entries- фанати́зъм noun (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)
- фанати́чност noun (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)
Catalan
1 entries- fanatisme noun (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 狂信 noun (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)
- 狂熱 /狂热 noun (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)
Czech
1 entries- fanatismus noun (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)
Danish
1 entries- fanatisme noun (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)
Dutch
1 entries- fanatisme noun (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)
Estonian
1 entries- fanatism noun (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)
Finnish
4 entries- fanaattisuus noun (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)
- fanatismi noun (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)
- kiihko noun (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)
- kiihkoilu noun (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)
French
1 entries- fanatisme noun (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)
Galician
1 entries- fanatismo noun (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)
Georgian
1 entries- ფანატიზმი noun (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)
German
2 entries- Eiferertum noun (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)
- Fanatismus noun (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)
Greek
1 entries- φανατισμός noun (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)
Hungarian
1 entries- fanatizmus noun (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)
Italian
1 entries- fanatismo noun (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)
Japanese
2 entries- ファナティシズム noun (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)
- 狂信 noun (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)
Korean
3 entries- 광신 noun (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)
- 광신주의 noun (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)
- 열광 noun (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)
Latvian
1 entries- fanātisms noun (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)
Lithuanian
1 entries- fanatizmas noun (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)
Macedonian
1 entries- фанати́зам noun (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- fanatisme noun (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)
Persian
1 entries- تعصب noun (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)
Polish
1 entries- fanatyzm noun (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)
Portuguese
1 entries- fanatismo noun (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)
Romanian
1 entries- fanatism noun (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)
Russian
2 entries- фанати́зм noun (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)
- фанати́чность noun (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- fanàtičnōst noun (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)
- фана̀тично̄ст noun (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)
Slovak
1 entries- fanatizmus noun (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)
Slovene
1 entries- fanatizem noun (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)
Spanish
1 entries- fanatismo noun (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)
Swedish
1 entries- fanatism noun (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)
Tajik
2 entries- таассуб noun (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)
- таъассуб noun (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)
Turkish
3 entries- bağnazlık noun (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)
- fanatiklik noun (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)
- fanatizm noun (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)
Ukrainian
2 entries- фанати́зм noun (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)
- фанати́чність noun (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)
Uzbek
3 entries- fanatiklik noun (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)
- fanatizm noun (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)
- mutaassiblik noun (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)
Sample sentences
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Passion can be destructive and ferocious when it is motivated by fanaticism and racism.
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Algerians are fed up of religious fanaticism.
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Fanaticism consists of redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim.
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