zealotry

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Recent Examples of zealotry With the death penalty on the table, pro-Mangione zealotry would only get worse. Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 2 Apr. 2025 With all due respect to the great Patricia Arquette, the character wasn’t especially missed in her absence, as her villainy and zealotry have tended to be written in a more one-dimensional way than how Severance portrays those same broad ideas with Milchick. Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 7 Mar. 2025 Some of the settlers are driven by fear, some by zealotry and others by the promises of limitless wealth, but in this moment, life is unquestionably solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2025 Villeneuve has the advantage of seeing glimpses of that future come true and his film is steeped in modern unease about zealotry, propaganda and environmental destruction. Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for zealotry
Recent Examples of Synonyms for zealotry
Noun
  • In an era where Trump’s rhetoric has inadvertently fueled nationalist fervor abroad, American companies in China face shrinking commercial advantage and rising political risk.
    Dewardric L. McNeal, CNBC, 13 May 2025
  • Continuing to fuel the conflict between India and Pakistan are strong nationalist sentiments and religious fervor, Ganyard said.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 10 May 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Holly Wade, executive director of the organization’s research center, said the exuberance stemmed from her members’ expectations of favorable tax policy and relaxed regulations.
    Lydia DePillis, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
  • Here, individual exuberance allied into a coherent whole.
    Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Such scams exploit investor enthusiasm and poor regulation to inflate prices before insiders sell off their holdings.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 May 2025
  • This campaign has energized consumption enthusiasm among younger demographics.
    Footwear News, Footwear News, 23 May 2025

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“Zealotry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zealotry. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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