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hyperzealotry

hyperzealotry noun: extreme zealotry.

Noun

hyperzealotry (uncountable)

  1. Extreme zealotry.
    • Even before I spoke with the political scientists, Nerst contended that a better understanding of today’s online argumentation would help people cope with its excesses. “Most people really are tired of shouting matches and want more nuance (according to surveys etc.),” he wrote to me, “and I hope...2019 April 7, Jesse Singal, “The New Science of How to Argue—Constructively”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2019

Origin of hyperzealotry

From hyper- + zealotry.

Questions about hyperzealotry

What does hyperzealotry mean?
Hyperzealotry means extreme zealotry.
What part of speech is hyperzealotry?
Hyperzealotry is a noun.

Words near hyperzealotry in the dictionary

  1. hyperwrinkly
  2. hyperwriter
  3. hyperwriters
  4. hyperwriting
  5. Hyperyon
  6. hyperzealotry
  7. hyperzeugma
  8. hyperzeugmenon
  9. hyperzeuxis
  10. hyperzincuria
  11. hyperæmia

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