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Recent Examples of fanaticism
Some of this slashing and burning can be explained by the old-fashioned small-government fanaticism of administration personnel like Russell Vought, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget.
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Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
Hate or fanaticism can end a life in an instant, hundreds of yards from the victim.
—Gregory P. Magarian, The Conversation, 10 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
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Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
Hate or fanaticism can end a life in an instant, hundreds of yards from the victim.
—Gregory P. Magarian, The Conversation, 10 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fanaticism
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Others can better explain his remarkable journey to make America better for the disenfranchised, and his zeal to help create a true rainbow of inclusion.—
Rick Davis,
CNN Money,
27 Feb. 2026
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Thankfully, Part 2 rectifies the issue by bringing forth the yearning, longing and desire between them that were sorely missing, and the couple’s relationship finally gets the lusty zeal fans have been waiting for.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
26 Feb. 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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These boat loafers are very much in line with the old money aesthetic that continues to trend, especially in the wake of the Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy obsession triggered by Ryan Murphy’s Love Story.—
Ana Serrano,
Glamour,
26 Feb. 2026
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Plus, though last year’s obsession with polka dots hasn’t completely died down, eye-catching horizontal stripes are threatening to dethrone spots as the pattern du jour.—
Jordan Julian,
InStyle,
26 Feb. 2026
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Timothée Chalamet is outlining his career philosophy at an almost feverish pace before an audience at the University of Texas at Austin’s Moody College of Communication.—
Selome Hailu,
Variety,
21 Feb. 2026
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But, Koong says, Gu — who has taken quantum physics and philosophy classes — has never missed an assignment.—
Charlotte Harpur,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2026
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To combine this kind of depth perception with the galactic ache of an unreal love, of an undead infatuation, that was new.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
10 Feb. 2026
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But Sonnet 130 may very well be the most popular for its testament to genuine love as opposed to superficial infatuation.—
David McGrath,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
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What galls them is Toberoff’s tooth-and-nail negotiations and his insistence on becoming a producer himself, complete with credit and fees.—
Tom Dotan,
Vanity Fair,
23 Feb. 2026
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Talk to those who have been with the Heat for decades and the insistence is at no point was the lottery prioritized during the start.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Feb. 2026
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The mania for finding FIFA World Cup tickets and accommodations continues.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 Feb. 2026
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The criminal mania of cult leader and prolific psychedelic user Charles Manson, who murdered seven people in 1969, is often cited by researchers as an example of the worst possible outcome of psychedelic use untempered by an ego-deflating ritual process.—
Erica Rex,
STAT,
19 Feb. 2026
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The three conservative justices in the majority pointed to that principle, which is called the major questions doctrine.—
Lindsay Whitehurst,
Fortune,
20 Feb. 2026
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Thad Kousser, a political science professor at the University of California, San Diego, said the conference rarely produces sweeping policy doctrines but can build relationships that matter when crises cross state lines.—
Sarah Fortinsky,
The Hill,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Fanaticism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fanaticism. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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