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fanatics

fanatics is the plural of fanatic.

Meaning of fanatic

Noun

fanatic (plural fanatics)

  1. A person who is zealously enthusiastic for some cause.
    • The reclusive tycoon calling himself the Illusive Man is a human nationalist focused on advancing human interests, whatever the cost to non-humans. The Citadel Council regards him as a fanatic posing a serious threat to galactic security.2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Cerberus: The Illusive Man Codex entry
    Synonyms:
    freak

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Questions about fanatics

What is fanatics the plural of?
Fanatics is the plural of fanatic.

Words near fanatics in the dictionary

  1. fanaticized
  2. fanaticizes
  3. fanaticizing
  4. fanatick
  5. fanaticks
  6. fanatics
  7. fanatism
  8. fanback
  9. fanbacks
  10. fanbase
  11. fanbases

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fanatics (page history and authors); fanatic (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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