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adjective
- 1. filled with excessive and single-minded zeal: "fanatical revolutionaries" Similar Opposite
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FANATICAL definition: 1. extremely interested in something, to a degree that some people find unreasonable: 2. holding…. Learn more.
Fanatical means having and being motivated by an extreme and often unquestioning enthusiasm, devotion, or zeal for something, such as a religion, political stance, or cause. A person who shows such extreme enthusiasm or devotion is called a fanatic.
: marked by excessive enthusiasm and often intense uncritical devotion. they're fanatic about politics. a fanatic attention to details.
If you describe someone as fanatical, you disapprove of them because you consider their behaviour or opinions to be very extreme.
If you are excessively enthusiastic about something — a sports team, an actor, your religion, saving the whales, a certain brand of chocolate — then you are fanatical about it.
FANATICAL meaning: 1. extremely interested in something, to a degree that some people find unreasonable: 2. holding…. Learn more.
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023 How to use fanatical in a sentence These fanatical groups wish to create fundamentalist enclaves in which some version of Sharia law will prevail.
Definition of fanatical adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective fanatical, four of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
fanatical. [fəˈnæt ɪ k l] adj [ person, supporter] → fanatique; [ support, following] → inconditionnel; [ hatred] → farouche. to be fanatical about sth [+ hobby, sport] → inconditionnel. He is fanatical about his anonymity → préserve jalousement anonymat.
