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Definitions for fanatical
fəˈnæt ɪ kəlfa·nat·i·cal

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. fanatic, fanatical, overzealous, rabidadjective

    marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea

    "rabid isolationist"

Wiktionary

  1. fanaticaladjective

    having an extreme, irrational zeal or enthusiasm for a specific cause

Wikipedia

  1. fanatical

    Fanaticism (from the Latin adverb fānāticē [fren-fānāticus; enthusiastic, ecstatic; raging, fanatical, furious]) is a belief or behavior involving uncritical zeal or an obsessive enthusiasm.

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  1. fanatical

    Fanatical refers to having an extreme or obsessive enthusiasm, zeal, or passion for something. It can also describe behavior or beliefs that show extreme dedication or uncritical devotion to a particular cause, person, or ideology, often to the point of irrationality.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Fanaticaladjective

    characteristic of, or relating to, fanaticism; fanatic

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of fanatical in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of fanatical in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of fanatical in a Sentence

  1. Adriana Parada:

    They ruined my son's life ... He was fanatical about computers, now he is asking to die, i want justice.

  2. Efraim Zuroff:

    He was a notorious, fanatical anti-Semite.

  3. Eric Hoffer:

    Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life. Thus people haunted by the purposelessness of their lives try to find a new content not only by dedicating themselves to a holy cause but also by nursing a fanatical grievance. A mass movement offers them unlimited opportunities for both.

  4. Albert Einstein:

    The fanatical atheists...are like slaves who are still feeling the weight of their chains which they have thrown off after hard struggle. They are creatures who—in their grudge against the traditional 'opium of the people'—cannot bear the music of the spheres.

  5. Ezequiel Barrenechea:

    The people that travel to Galapagos are people who are almost fanatical about ecology, that kind of tourist is the first to appreciate this project because they travel to Galapagos to feel the ecological side of the world. Part of the requirement of our certification is to teach people about what we've built, how we've built it and why. People will love it.

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