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as in zeal
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as in dogmatism
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Recent Examples of fanaticism
As the moon and Mars clash, passion mutates into fanaticism.
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USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
There was no escaping those levels of fanaticism, even in media areas.
—Paul Tenorio, The Athletic, 19 July 2024
This new conflict marks the end of a five-decade golden age for Israel, during which an oasis of liberty enjoyed strategic supremacy against the forces of tyranny and fanaticism that surround it.
—Ari Shavit, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2024
But Matthew Gabriel, 25, who lives in Philly's Mt. Airy neighborhood, took his football fanaticism to a whole 'nother level.
—Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 20 Sep. 2024
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USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
There was no escaping those levels of fanaticism, even in media areas.
—Paul Tenorio, The Athletic, 19 July 2024
This new conflict marks the end of a five-decade golden age for Israel, during which an oasis of liberty enjoyed strategic supremacy against the forces of tyranny and fanaticism that surround it.
—Ari Shavit, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2024
But Matthew Gabriel, 25, who lives in Philly's Mt. Airy neighborhood, took his football fanaticism to a whole 'nother level.
—Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 20 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fanaticism
Noun
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Subjected to an almost watertight international arms embargo, Iran was forced to rely mostly on self-sufficiency, religious zeal, and patriotism.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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Despite the home’s spot on a corner lot with plenty of foot traffic, Sight’s zeal for planting trees has also helped obscure it from prying eyes.—
Lori Keong,
Architectural Digest,
21 Feb. 2025
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Wishing for McConnell People who have resented McConnell’s dogmatism and partisanship would wish him back if Scott were to succeed him as leader next year.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
6 June 2024
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Playing a Good Hand George P. Shultz rescued the Reagan administration from its dogmatism.—
Robert W. Tucker,
Foreign Affairs,
9 July 2024
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The obsession with lineage is at odds with the solidarity of the Middle Passage, which created new forms of kinship.—
Julian Lucas,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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The work, a cheeky take on America’s obsession with pop culture and internet discourse, brought an immediate smile to my face.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
22 Feb. 2025
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Leading With Presence And Purpose That last conversation with my mother reshaped my leadership philosophy.—
Bala Sathyanarayanan,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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Throughout it all, Brooks has maintained a consistent philosophy: technological solutions must enhance human capabilities rather than attempt to replicate them.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
25 Feb. 2025
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Sidao’s infatuation with the sport was so deep that he is thought to have penned the first manual on the subject.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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However, their infatuation eventually blurs the lines between fantasy and their miserable realities, inviting new horrors to seep in.—
Keith Staskiewicz,
EW.com,
31 Oct. 2024
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But Christine and Pam [Koffler] at Killer Films are just so indefatigable in their insistence that there’s going to be a way to figure this out, again.—
Scott Roxborough,
The Hollywood Reporter,
18 Feb. 2025
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The Blue Trail asserts that productivity is the antithesis of human fulfillment, offering an alternative of sorts to the empty promises of capitalism and Soviet-style communism with its insistence that our wellbeing isn’t tied up with notions of usefulness.—
Jay D. Weissberg,
Deadline,
18 Feb. 2025
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Spencer Platt | Getty Images Retail investors haven’t traded stocks this much since another mania took over Wall Street three years ago.—
Pia Singh,
CNBC,
19 Feb. 2025
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Comments Eleven years ago, hipster mania hit America.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
14 Feb. 2025
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Following a judicial doctrine established by the 1971 case Mindes v. Seaman, courts typically defer to the judgment of military authorities in determining how the armed forces should function.—
Natalie Shibley / Made by History,
TIME,
21 Feb. 2025
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The state of Michigan wants to shut down the pipeline, saying that a 1953 easement for the pipeline’s operation violated the state’s public trust doctrine.—
Lisa Friedman,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Fanaticism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fanaticism. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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