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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
Advertisement This methodical approach to murder highlights the cult’s cold precision and the extent of their fanaticism.
—Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 25 July 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
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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
Advertisement This methodical approach to murder highlights the cult’s cold precision and the extent of their fanaticism.
—Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 25 July 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fanaticism
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Lewis, with his convert's zeal, became a culture hero to 20th-century Christians for his many writings on faith.—
Jim Higgins,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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That unique tone, captured with zeal by a charismatic ensemble led by Fred Ward, Kevin Bacon, and Reba McEntire, is what makes Ron Underwood's horror-comedy about giant worms terrorizing a remote desert town such a good hang.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Oct. 2025
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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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As the container of our culture’s internal contradictions, including dogmatism and pragmatism, individualism and communitarianism, and Biercean indignation and Emersonian transcendence, hardcore is as American as atomic warfare.—
Chris R. Morgan,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Aug. 2025
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This separation keeps parents' Discover Weekly and Wrapped playlists clean from unexpected surprises like a sudden obsession with gaming soundtracks or silly meme songs.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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Move over, Aligns — there’s a new soft obsession in town.—
Katie Ann Lehman,
StyleCaster,
24 Oct. 2025
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That philosophy holds, too, for a considerable business like REI.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
28 Oct. 2025
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Abundantia stressed the philosophy of Abundantia aiOn would be ‘Human First, AI Empowered’, with an aim to explore how artificial intelligence can empower creators and act as a creative accelerator.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
27 Oct. 2025
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For the 20-teens (specifically 2015-2020), that infatuation came in the form of Spotify playlists.—
Sam Saideman,
Rolling Stone,
28 Oct. 2025
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When that uncle, Roy Wood, became the first Black news announcer on a white Chicago radio station, DeJohnette gained access to an endless supply of jazz records that fueled an early infatuation with the genre.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
27 Oct. 2025
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His insistence in this matter only added to chocolate’s legend.—
Aleksandra Crapanzano,
The Atlantic,
27 Oct. 2025
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But Larry, a true cynic, was stuck in a different time, gagged and bound by a tireless insistence on creating art that subverted and satirized those same good old-fashioned family values.—
Michael Cuby,
Them.,
24 Oct. 2025
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Judgment clouded by the mania of macros.—
Alex Beggs,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
28 Oct. 2025
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Bipolar disorder involves alternating episodes of depression and mania, a state where thoughts race, impulsive decisions feel logical, and sleep becomes almost optional.—
Essence,
Essence,
23 Oct. 2025
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Sabatini said that former President Ronald Reagan's doctrine included intervening on behalf of and supporting military governments with the intention of stopping the spread of communism.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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The attorney general alleges violations of public trust doctrine, public nuisance and the Michigan Environmental Protection Act.—
Keith Matheny,
Freep.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Fanaticism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fanaticism. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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