true believer

noun

Updated on: 10 Apr 2018

Definition of true believer

1 : a person who professes absolute belief in something

2 : a zealous supporter of a particular cause

Examples of true believer in a Sentence

it's impossible to argue with those true believers, as they think any counterevidence is proof of an evil conspiracy
true believers who fought the good fight even when it was out of fashion

Recent Examples of true believer from the Web

The crowd jammed into a private dining room at the back of an Olive Garden on Wednesday night was made up of the hardest of hard-core supporters — true believers burning with passion for President Donald Trump.

— anthony man, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Newest Donald Trump club forms — in deeply Democratic Broward," 5 Apr. 2018
But somewhere along the way, the Smiths appear to have become conservative true believers.

— dylan matthews, Vox, "Sinclair Broadcast Group, the pro-Trump, conservative company taking over local news, explained," 3 Apr. 2018
Sean Conboy is an intense, handsome, wide-eyed true believer who wears all black.

— amos barshad, New York Times, "What Happens When Athletes Do the Sportswriting?," 21 Feb. 2018
Their default skeptical stance is a prophylactic against the wiles of wishful thinking, a dare to true believers to provide extraordinary evidence in support of extraordinary claims.

— lee billings, Scientific American, "It’s Never Aliens—until It Is," 9 Jan. 2018
Trump’s piety, of course, is suspect, while Bush is a true believer.

— sarah jones, The New Republic, "Donald Trump Is the New George W. Bush," 15 Mar. 2018
Don’t try to tell that to the true believers in San Angelo, Texas.

— michelle davis, Bloomberg.com, "Stock Bulls in Trump Country Are Freaking Out Their Brokers," 6 Mar. 2018
Labour’s central party apparatus, by contrast, is increasingly stuffed with true believers.

— The Economist, "Master of (almost) all he surveysThe battle of ideas within the Labour Party," 1 Mar. 2018
Trump himself remains, as do such true believers as Stephen Miller and Julia Hahn.

— dan mclaughlin, National Review, "Trump’s First Year: First, the Good News," 26 Jan. 2018

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