Synonyms for fanaticism
fəˈnæt əˌsɪz əmfa·nati·cism

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1. fanaticism

   Fanaticism is extravagant or even frenzied zeal; bigotry is obstinate and unreasoning attachment to a cause or creed; fanaticism and bigotry usually include intolerance, which is unwillingness to tolerate beliefs or opinions contrary to one's own; superstition is ignorant and irrational religious belief. Credulity is not distinctively religious, but is a general readiness to believe without sufficient evidence, with a proneness to accept the marvellous. Bigotry is narrow, fanaticism is fierce, superstition is ignorant, credulity is weak, intolerance is severe. Bigotry has not the capacity to reason fairly, fanaticism has not the patience, superstition has not the knowledge and mental discipline, intolerance has not the disposition. Bigotry, fanaticism, and superstition are perversions of the religious sentiment; credulity and intolerance often accompany skepticism or atheism.

   Synonyms:
   bigotry, credulity, intolerance, superstition

   Antonyms:
   cynicism, free-thinking, indifference, latitudinarianism

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1. fanaticism

   Synonyms:
   frenzy, enthusiasm, superstition, bigotry

   Antonyms:
   indifference, latitudinarianism, disbelief, profanity, disregard, skepticism, coldness, cynicism

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1. fanaticism, fanatism, zealotrynoun

   excessive intolerance of opposing views

   Synonyms:
   zealotry, fanatism

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1. • Intolerance

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1. fanaticismnoun

   Synonyms:
   religious frenzy, irrational enthusiasm

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1. List of paraphrases for "fanaticism":

   bigotry, fanatical, intolerance, fanatic

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1. President Tayyip Erdogan:

   Using sacred Islam's name, exploiting it, this terrorist group which spills Muslim blood has gone as far as attacking the town where the mosque and blessed remains of our Prophet are located, daesh is a dagger plunged into the chest of Muslims. Whoever gives support to this group, whether out of sectarian fanaticism or another motive, commits the same sin.

2. Tony Abbott:

   I don't think it would be possible to witness uglier fanaticism than this, monstrous extremism than this, and I regret to say it is now present in our country.

3. Carl Sagan:

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

4. John Calhoun:

   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.

5. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte:

   Our values and our rule of law are stronger than their fanaticism.