as in partisan
one who is intensely or excessively devoted to a cause
zealots on both sides of the issue resorted to name-calling and scare tactics
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Recent Examples of zealot
Elizabeth was changed into a robe and wed to Mitchell in a pseudo-ceremony performed by the religious zealot himself.
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Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 8 June 2025
Whatever people like White House aide Stephen Miller — the anti-immigrant zealot — may think, these relationships are symbiotic.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 26 May 2025
Crypto as Gospel, Alignment, and Exploitation Crypto has always attracted zealots.
—Chris Groshong, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
This is not a game; until the kooks and zealots rampaging over the public health infrastructure are constrained, many people could die.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 9 July 2025
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Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 8 June 2025
Whatever people like White House aide Stephen Miller — the anti-immigrant zealot — may think, these relationships are symbiotic.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 26 May 2025
Crypto as Gospel, Alignment, and Exploitation Crypto has always attracted zealots.
—Chris Groshong, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
This is not a game; until the kooks and zealots rampaging over the public health infrastructure are constrained, many people could die.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 9 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for zealot
Noun
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For eight days, Dayton was awash in visitors, including journalists, partisans on one side or the other and chimpanzees.—
Randall Balmer,
Twin Cities,
23 July 2025
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As the climate grows more volatile, even hardened partisans may find their views shifting in the face of unbearable loss.—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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Mamdani’s 14-mile walk this week of Manhattan, in scorching heat, evoked the neighborhood canvasses of John Lindsay, the liberal crusader whose budget priorities contributed to the city’s 1970s fiscal crisis.—
Rohan Goswami,
semafor.com,
24 June 2025
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The Gunfighters: How Texas Made the West Wild by Bryan Burrough Wes Hardin, the homicidal Texas gunslinger and Confederate crusader, was hardly a typical American hero.—
Clifford Krauss,
Air Mail,
7 June 2025
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This probing memoir tells that story, along with Nguyen’s path forward as an activist.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The combination of political pressure, strategic interest, and activist involvement could be the ignition.—
Jim Osman,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Pun, an avid wrestling fanatic, reveled in the chaos.—
Carl Lamarre,
Billboard,
5 Aug. 2025
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All of these films have been dubbed quintessential summer movies by film fanatics around the country.—
Claire Hoppe Norgaard,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 July 2025
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“Zealot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zealot. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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