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as in zeal
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as in dogmatism
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Recent Examples of fanaticism
As the moon and Mars clash, passion mutates into fanaticism.
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USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
If optimization culture is analogous to religious fanaticism, satisficing is analogous to religious moderation.
—Sigal Samuel, Vox, 6 Jan. 2025
Everyone must overcome the presence of hatred and fanaticism, and the memories of horrible tragedies.
—Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
Floridians are tired of being sacrificed to the gun lobby’s fanaticism and to the cynicism of its Tallahassee handmaidens.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 13 Dec. 2024
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USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
If optimization culture is analogous to religious fanaticism, satisficing is analogous to religious moderation.
—Sigal Samuel, Vox, 6 Jan. 2025
Everyone must overcome the presence of hatred and fanaticism, and the memories of horrible tragedies.
—Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
Floridians are tired of being sacrificed to the gun lobby’s fanaticism and to the cynicism of its Tallahassee handmaidens.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 13 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fanaticism
Noun
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Those on the left must recognize that their moralistic zeal and narrowing of intellectual discourse have turned educational and cultural institutions into engines of alienation, not trust.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 May 2025
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Champion Know-How Over Credential A highly successful R&D company in the aerospace industry described how so many of their associates worked for free after retirement, driven solely by their zeal to learn.—
Chip Bell,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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For example, a person with strong justice, accountability, courage, drive, and integrity will need strength in dimensions such as temperance, humility, and humanity to exercise the necessary judgment, avoiding self-righteousness and dogmatism.—
Mary Crossan,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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The Catholic Counter-Reformation, which took shape at the Council of Trent from 1545-1563, reinforced dogmatism in its effort to rebuke reformers.—
Joëlle Rollo-Koster,
The Conversation,
28 Mar. 2025
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Others block entire afternoons for their obsession.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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And on the high-school football team, the comedian remembers trying to pass off his pop-star obsessions as pure, red-blooded machismo.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
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Educational curricula must integrate philosophy, sociology, environmental studies, and the arts as foundational pillars, encouraging learners across generations and cultures to question, connect, feel, and comprehend the intricate tapestry of human and natural systems.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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Nihilism is a philosophy that rejects values and beliefs and views existence as useless.—
Joe Hernandez,
NPR,
19 May 2025
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Can’t Get Enough centers entrepreneur Hendrix Barry and her growing infatuation with tech worker Maverick Bell, and has already been praised by some of romance’s buzziest writers, like Talia Hibbert and Abby Jimenez.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
People.com,
13 May 2025
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As senior year looms for both teens, a mutual infatuation starts to blossom.—
Kristen Baldwin,
EW.com,
8 May 2025
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The coaching staff’s insistence on sticking with Freddy Gaudreau and Gus Nyquist on the third line was curious.—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
17 May 2025
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But still nearly six months after the election, Plouffe was one of very few sources who would openly discuss Biden’s declining health and his insistence on running for a second term.—
S.E. Cupp,
New York Daily News,
14 May 2025
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Nobody is better at believably playing out this sort of increasing mania than Cage.—
Rachel Handler,
Vulture,
2 May 2025
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There’s a certain form of mania that’s happened with Ray.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
25 Apr. 2025
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Israel’s military doctrine relies on mobilizing large numbers of civilians to fight short wars.—
Gershom Gorenberg,
The Atlantic,
9 May 2025
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If a case involving Mr. Trump's tariffs makes it to the Supreme Court and if the high court declines to apply the major questions doctrine, lawyers say the levies also violate the nondelegation doctrine, a long dormant legal concept rooted in the separation of powers.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
14 May 2025
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“Fanaticism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fanaticism. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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