zealousness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for zealousness
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Many were spurred on by religious fervor and the concept of Manifest Destiny, the belief that the Christian God had ordained that White settlers should colonize North America, from sea to shining sea.
    Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
  • These twin influences, religious fervor and a preoccupation with dangerous men, would go on to define the next six decades of the director’s working life, finding expression as a conviction that even scoundrels are in possession of a soul.
    Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 31 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Paul’s father is the righteous wrath of society, looking down on his son’s fecklessness with the zealotry of an irascible Fox News addict who doesn’t see any value at all in arts funding.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Khamenei’s zealotry is very unlikely to outlive him in Iran’s highest echelons of power.
    Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 12 June 2025
Noun
  • In part because Dowdle answered for his own exuberance, and in part because Bryce Young saved his best for last, the Carolina Panthers still recorded a historic win over the Green Bay Packers, the most improbable of their four wins in the past five games.
    Luke DeCock, Charlotte Observer, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Such ideological exuberance was obviously unsustainable, which was Davis’s main point.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In March 2025, Vice President Vance even led a high-profile US delegation to the American military base in Greenland to advocate for annexation, despite polling data indicating that a large majority of Greenlanders have expressed no enthusiasm for an American takeover.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
  • His enthusiasm and energy can help businesses attract and retain young, diverse talent.
    Sally Susman, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
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“Zealousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zealousness. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.

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