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What (who) is fanatic - definition
BELIEF OR BEHAVIOR INVOLVING UNCRITICAL ZEAL OR AN OBSESSIVE ENTHUSIASM
Fanatics; Fanatic; Fanatical; Fanatism
![''The Fanatics of Tangier'' by [[Eugène Delacroix]], [[Minneapolis Institute of Arts]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eugène Delacroix - The Fanatics of Tangier - WGA06195.jpg?width=200 "''The Fanatics of Tangier'' by [[Eugène Delacroix]], [[Minneapolis Institute of Arts]]")
![Pacific Theatre]] until at least 1974. [[Hiroo Onoda]] offering his military sword on the day of his surrender.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/President Marcos and Hiroo Onoda.jpg?width=200 "Pacific Theatre]] until at least 1974. [[Hiroo Onoda]] offering his military sword on the day of his surrender.")
fanatic
TELEVISION SERIES
Fanatics; Fanatic; Fanatical; Fanatism
n.
1) a religious fanatic
2) a fanatic to + inf. (he had to be a fanatic to do that)
fanatic
TELEVISION SERIES
Fanatics; Fanatic; Fanatical; Fanatism
(fanatics)
1.
If you describe someone as a fanatic, you disapprove of them because you consider their behaviour or opinions to be very extreme, for example in the way they support particular religious or political ideas.
I am not a religious fanatic but I am a Christian.
= extremist
N-COUNT [disapproval]
2.
If you say that someone is a fanatic, you mean that they are very enthusiastic about a particular activity, sport, or way of life.
Both Rod and Phil are football fanatics.
= enthusiast
N-COUNT: usu n N
3.
ADJ
fanatic
TELEVISION SERIES
Fanatics; Fanatic; Fanatical; Fanatism
[f?'nat?k]
¦ noun a person filled with excessive zeal, especially for an extreme religious or political cause.
?informal a person with an obsessive enthusiasm for a pastime or hobby.
¦ adjective filled with or expressing excessive zeal.
Derivatives
fanaticism noun
fanaticize or fanaticise verb
Word History
The word fanatic derives from Latin fanaticus, meaning 'of a temple' or 'inspired by a god', from fanum 'temple'. It was first used in the 16th century, as an adjective describing behaviour or speech that might result from possession by a god or demon; hence the earliest sense of the noun 'a religious maniac'. Another English word deriving ultimately from fanum is profane, which comes from Latin profanus, meaning 'outside the temple'.
Wikipedia
Fanaticism
Fanaticism (from the Latin adverb fānāticē [fren-fānāticus; enthusiastic, ecstatic; raging, fanatical, furious]) is a belief or behavior involving uncritical zeal or an obsessive enthusiasm.
Examples of use of fanatic
1. That a fanatic says something, even a fanatic with a bomb, does not constitute a cosmic threat.
2. He‘s not just a crazed religious fanatic," Lawrence said.
3. This situation favours fanatic ideologues looking for recruits.
4. The prime minister is a keen runner and fitness fanatic.
5. It certainly seems to be the same fanatic mentality."