'Fanaticism' definitions:
Definition of 'fanaticism'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Fanaticism'
From: GCIDE
- Fanaticism \Fa*nat"i*cism\, n. [Cf. Fanatism.] Excessive enthusiasm, unreasoning zeal, or wild and extravagant notions, on any subject, especially religion, politics or ideology; religious frenzy.
- Syn: See Superstition. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'fanaticism'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agitation,
- authoritarianism,
- balkiness,
- bias,
- bibliolatry,
- bigotry,
- blind side,
- blind spot,
- blinders,
- bluster,
- brawl,
- broil,
- brouhaha,
- bullheadedness,
- cacophony,
- chaos,
- charismatic gift,
- charismatic movement,
- charismatic renewal,
- closed mind,
- commotion,
- cramped ideas,
- dedication,
- determination,
- devotedness,
- devotion,
- disturbance,
- doggedness,
- dogmatism,
- ebullition,
- embroilment,
- enthusiasm,
- excessiveness,
- extravagance,
- extremeness,
- extremism,
- fanaticalness,
- ferment,
- fervor,
- fixed mind,
- flap,
- fomentation,
- foofaraw,
- franticness,
- frenzy,
- fume,
- furor,
- furore,
- fury,
- fuss,
- gift of tongues,
- glossolalia,
- hardheadedness,
- headstrongness,
- hideboundness,
- hubbub,
- hysteria,
- illiberality,
- infatuation,
- inflexible will,
- insularism,
- insularity,
- intolerance,
- little-mindedness,
- littleness,
- madness,
- mania,
- mean mind,
- meanness,
- monomania,
- mulishness,
- narrow sympathies,
- narrow views,
- narrow-mindedness,
- narrowness,
- nearsightedness,
- obduracy,
- obsessiveness,
- obstinacy,
- obstinateness,
- odium theologicum,
- opinionatedness,
- overambitiousness,
- overanxiety,
- overanxiousness,
- overdevoutness,
- overeagerness,
- overenthusiasm,
- overpiousness,
- overreaction,
- overreligiousness,
- overrighteousness,
- overzealousness,
- pandemonium,
- parochialism,
- partiality,
- passion,
- pentecostalism,
- perfervidness,
- perseverance,
- pertinacity,
- pettiness,
- petty mind,
- pigheadedness,
- prejudice,
- provincialism,
- purblindness,
- rabidness,
- racket,
- rage,
- restiveness,
- revival,
- revivalism,
- row,
- ruckus,
- rumpus,
- sanctimony,
- self-will,
- shortsightedness,
- shut mind,
- single-mindedness,
- smallness,
- stiff neck,
- stiff-neckedness,
- storminess,
- straitlacedness,
- strongheadness,
- stubbornness,
- stuffiness,
- sulkiness,
- sullenness,
- tempestuousness,
- tenaciousness,
- tenacity,
- tumult,
- tumultuousness,
- turbulence,
- turmoil,
- ultrazealousness,
- uncatholicity,
- uncooperativeness,
- unregenerateness,
- uproar,
- upset,
- wildness,
- willfulness,
- zeal,
- zealotism,
- zealotry,
- zealousness