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Definition of Fanaticism
Fanaticism

Excessive enthusiasm, unreasoning zeal, or wild and extravagant notions, on any subject, especially religion; religious frenzy.

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Fanaticism Quotations

A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism.
Carl Sagan

Fanaticism consists of redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim.
George Santayana

Am I a criminal? The world knows I'm not a criminal. What are they trying to put me in jail for? You've lost common sense in this society because of religious fanaticism and dogma.
Jack Kevorkian

The closer a man approaches tragedy the more intense is his concentration of emotion upon the fixed point of his commitment, which is to say the closer he approaches what in life we call fanaticism.
Arthur Miller

In my own sphere I did everything that could possibly be expected of a man who believes in the greatness of his people and who is filled with fanaticism for the greatness of his country, in order to bring about the victory of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist movement.
Hans Frank

Fanaticism Translations

fanaticism in French is fanatisme
fanaticism in German is Fanatismus
fanaticism in Hungarian is fanatizmus
fanaticism in Italian is fanatismo
fanaticism in Norwegian is fanatisme
fanaticism in Spanish is fanatismo


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