Definition of Fanaticism

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Definition of Fanaticism
	Fanaticism Excessive enthusiasm, unreasoning zeal, or wild and extravagant notions, on any subject, especially religion; religious frenzy. Related Definitions: And, Any, Enthusiasm, Especially, Excessive, Extravagant, Frenzy, Zeal, On, Or, Religion, Religious, Subject, Wild

Fanaticism Quotations

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

The tendency to claim God as an ally for our partisan value and ends is the source of all religious fanaticism.
Reinhold Niebuhr

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

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

Moderation is part of faith, so those who accuse Muslim schools of fostering fanaticism should learn a bit more about Islam.
Cat Stevens

The interval between the decay of the old and the formation and establishment of the new constitutes a period of transition which must always necessarily be one of uncertainty, confusion, error, and wild and fierce fanaticism.
John C. Calhoun

Today's Islamic fundamentalism is also a cover for political motifs. We should not overlook the political motifs we encounter in forms of religious fanaticism.
Jurgen Habermas

From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step.
Denis Diderot

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

Time and again we see leaders and members of religions incite aggression, fanaticism, hate, and xenophobia - even inspire and legitimate violent and bloody conflicts.
Hans Kung

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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