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Recent Examples of fanaticism
Toll hit on many of the same themes, outlining the fanaticism of the Japanese military and threats of a coup if their leaders tried to pursue peace.
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Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 7 Aug. 2025
Commanders will also search for any links to terrorism, fanaticism or a larger issue involving more than one individual, according to Bumgarner.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2025
His spouse is perilously close to beginning an affair with the best man at their wedding, now one of his authors, a war poet disillusioned by violence and fanaticism.
—Thomas Mallon, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
And then there’s Posey, who approaches the hunt with an analytical fanaticism that is equally impressive and concerning.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 27 Mar. 2025
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Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 7 Aug. 2025
Commanders will also search for any links to terrorism, fanaticism or a larger issue involving more than one individual, according to Bumgarner.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2025
His spouse is perilously close to beginning an affair with the best man at their wedding, now one of his authors, a war poet disillusioned by violence and fanaticism.
—Thomas Mallon, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
And then there’s Posey, who approaches the hunt with an analytical fanaticism that is equally impressive and concerning.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 27 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fanaticism
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The appointees competed to demonstrate loyalist zeal.—
Dexter Filkins,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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With something like military zeal, the former soldier who once itched to be on the front lines now talks up saving the world’s dwindling varieties of tomato seeds, as well as books about social inequality.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
11 Jan. 2026
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And many folks thought that that was a type of dogmatism and inflexibility that was not productive.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
5 Jan. 2026
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That — metaphorically and literally — is earned dogmatism, the risk that expertise breeds rigidity in our thinking and decision-making.—
Tim Maurer,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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In Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building, Gomez, 33, plays Mabel, who befriends two of her neighbors — Charles (Steve Martin) and Oliver (Martin Short) — who share her obsession with true crime podcasts.—
Brianne Tracy,
PEOPLE,
12 Jan. 2026
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Skinny Pedro’s obsession might therefore derive from some sort of insanity.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
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The Kaizen Approach is a Japanese philosophy that promotes incremental change in organizations at every level.—
Dan Pompei,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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For those who live it, the wine country aesthetic is a philosophy, one that prioritizes natural beauty, comfort, and a life lived in step with the rhythms of the vineyards.—
Amplified Content Studio,
Mercury News,
7 Jan. 2026
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The infatuation spawned after beauty moguls Kylie Jenner, Hailey Bieber and Mikayla Nogueira touted the efficacy of Medicube’s PDRN products, including its Pink Peptide Serum and Pink Collagen Capsule Cream at the top of the year.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
26 Dec. 2025
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The historian doesn’t explain away Moore’s infatuation and personal association with the Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, who in 1975 invited her to attend a meeting of the Organization of African Unity in Kampala.—
Dara T. Mathis,
The Atlantic,
16 Dec. 2025
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The push-pull long has been there with Erik Spoelstra, that delicate balance between development and the unceasing insistence on the Miami Heat to live in the competitive moment.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Jan. 2026
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There’s credibility to Ellison’s insistence that a Paramount deal is less murky, though such a merger would combine two of the five largest movie studios, not to mention competition considerations involving their news divisions.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Jan. 2026
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The pistachio-mania doesn’t stop there with Starbucks’ new Iced Dubai Chocolate Matcha and Iced Dubai Chocolate Mocha.—
Sabrina Weiss,
PEOPLE,
8 Jan. 2026
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Individual investors’ share of total stock trades this year climbed to highs last seen during the short-squeeze mania four years ago, according to data from a working paper by professors at Chapman University, Boston College and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
31 Dec. 2025
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That rule was at odds with the doctrine of prioritizing the protection of life, leading some departments to revise their use-of-force policies and some states to ban the rule.—
Ben Jones,
Fortune,
9 Jan. 2026
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Taipei has taken several steps in recent years to incorporate drones into its military doctrine.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Fanaticism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fanaticism. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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