One who is zealously or devotedly engaged in a cause or mission
“Raymond the Second, Prince of Tripoli, was murdered by a fanatic of the sect of the Assassins.”
A zealous or devoted adherent of an ideology or cause
“I became a fanatic of this particular way of doing things.”
A person with an obsessive interest or enthusiasm for a particular activity
“In middle school, I was a Justin Bieber fanatic. My walls were covered with images of him, and every song I would listen to would be on repeat.”
A person who insists on something
Big fan
A person who resists change
A Christian who publicly displays his or her religion
Insistent person
An eccentric or odd person
An orator or leader who gains favor by exciting the passions and prejudices of the audience
A person who uses unlawful violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims
A person who shows or feels discrimination or prejudice against others
A highly-skilled performer of a specified activity
Having fundamental, usually extreme, views on a given topic
“But even the most fanatic follower of the faithless moves fanatically as a consequence of his own radical skepticism.”
Extremely or irrationally passionate or enthusiastic about something or someone
“I know it is difficult to imagine this miser, this money-grubber of unmitigated meanness, as the fanatic fan of the most romantic figure in perhaps all of English fiction.”
Excessive, as results from obsession
Enthusiastically devoted to a particular thing, person or activity
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