fanaticism
/fəˈnæt.ɪ.sɪ.zəm//fəˈnæɾ.ɪ.sɪ.zm̩/
fanaticism noun: the characteristic or practice of being a fanatic.
Noun
fanaticism (countable and uncountable, plural fanaticisms)
- The characteristic or practice of being a fanatic.
- The demon of fanaticism was the shape which it took with us; and verily, what with religious republicans, harmonists, quakers, fifth-monarchy men, presbyterians, and the reign of the saints upon earth, it needs the strong hand of a Cromwell to reduce the spiritual chaos to any sort of order.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter III, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 35
- Witch-hunting became a mania, with all the abuses and excesses which invariably develop with fanaticism.1965, Attila Zohar, Kings Cross Black Magic, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 88
fanaticism meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Arabic and Persian
fanaticism in Tamil
- கொள்கை வெறி
fanaticism in Malayalam
- മതഭ്രാന്ത്, മൂഢഭക്തി, ഉന്മത്തത
fanaticism in Arabic
- characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
- تَعَصُّب taʕaṣṣub
fanaticism in Persian
- characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
- تعصب ta'assob
Forms of fanaticism
| plural | fanaticisms |
|---|---|
| alternative form (archaic) | phanaticism |
Origin of fanaticism
From fanatic + -ism.
Questions about fanaticism
- What does fanaticism mean?
- Fanaticism means the characteristic or practice of being a fanatic.
- What is fanaticism in Tamil?
- Fanaticism in Tamil is கொள்கை வெறி. See Fanaticism meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is fanaticism?
- Fanaticism is a noun.
- How do you pronounce fanaticism?
- Fanaticism is pronounced /fəˈnæt.ɪ.sɪ.zəm/.
- What is the plural of fanaticism?
- The plural of fanaticism is fanaticisms.
Words near fanaticism in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: fanaticism (page history and authors); fanaticism (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fanaticism (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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