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Webster 1828 Edition

Fanaticism

FANAT'ICISM

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Noun.

Excessive enthusiasm; wild and extravagant notions of religion; religious frenzy.

Definition 2024

fanaticism

fanaticism

English

Alternative forms

phanaticism (archaic)

Noun

fanaticism ‎(countable and uncountable, plural fanaticisms)

The characteristic or practice of being a fanatic.

Translations

characteristic or practice of being a fanatic

Arabic: تَعَصُّب m ‎(taʿaṣṣub)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 狂熱 (zh), 狂热 (zh) ‎(kuángrè), 狂信 (zh) ‎(kuángxìn)
Czech: fanatismus (cs) m
Finnish: fanaattisuus (fi), fanatismi, kiihkoilu (fi), kiihko
French: fanatisme (fr) m

German: Fanatismus m
Japanese: 狂信 ‎(きょうしん, kyōshin), ファナティシズム ‎(fanatizumu)
Macedonian: фанатизам m ‎(fanatízam)
Polish: fanatyzm (pl) m
Portuguese: fanatismo (pt) m
Russian: фанати́зм (ru) m ‎(fanatízm), фанати́чность (ru) f ‎(fanatíčnostʹ)
Serbo-Croatian: fanatičnost (sh) f
Turkish: bağnazlık (tr), fanatiklik (tr), fanatizm (tr)