Dictionary

fanaticism en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /fəˈnæɾ.ɪ.sɪ.zm̩/ (US)
• (US) audio
• /fəˈnæt.ɪ.sɪ.zəm/

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin fānāticuslbor. ▲ French fanatiqueinflu. English fanatic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English fanaticism From fanatic + -ism.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The characteristic or practice of being a fanatic.
   • The demon of fanaticism was the shape which it took with us; and verily, what with religious republicans, harmonists, quakers, fifth-monarchy men, presbyterians, and the reign of the saints upon earth, it needs the strong hand of a Cromwell to reduce the spiritual chaos to any sort of order. 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter III, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 35:
   • Witch-hunting became a mania, with all the abuses and excesses which invariably develop with fanaticism. 1965, Attila Zohar, Kings Cross Black Magic, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 88:

Forms

Translations (58)

cs fanatismus (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic) · gl fanatismo (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic) · mk фанати́зам (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic) · et fanatism (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic) · uz mutaassiblik (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic) · sv fanatism (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic) · ka ფანატიზმი (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic) · el φανατισμός (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic) · hu fanatizmus (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic) · sl fanatizem (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic) · lv fanātisms (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic) · hy ֆանատիզմ (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic) · ru фанати́чность (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic) · bg фанати́зъм (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic) · nb fanatisme (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic) · ca fanatisme (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic) · uz fanatizm (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic) · be фанаты́чнасць (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic) · tr bağnazlık (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic) · pl fanatyzm (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic) · sq fanatizëm (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic) · it fanatismo (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic) · bg фанати́чност (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic) · da fanatisme (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic) · fi kiihkoilu (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic) · tg таассуб (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic) · cmn 狂熱 /狂热 (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic) · cmn 狂信 (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic) · ar تَعَصُّب (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic) · lt fanatizmas (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic) · uk фанати́чність (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic) · sk fanatizmus (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic) · sh фана̀тично̄ст (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic) · fa تعصب (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic) · ro fanatism (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic) · tg таъассуб (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic) · fi fanaattisuus (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic) · uk фанати́зм (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic) · fr fanatisme (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic) · nl fanatisme (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic) · fi kiihko (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic) · az təəssübkeşlik (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic) · ko 열광 (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic) · tr fanatizm (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic) · sh fanàtičnōst (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic) · es fanatismo (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic) · uz fanatiklik (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic) · fi fanatismi (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic) · tr fanatiklik (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic) · ja ファナティシズム (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic) · ko 광신주의 (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic) · ru фанати́зм (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic) · de Eiferertum (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic) · ja 狂信 (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic) · de Fanatismus (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic) · be фанаты́зм (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic) · pt fanatismo (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic) · ko 광신 (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)