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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fanatic \Fa*nat"ic\, a. [L. fanaticus inspired by divinity, enthusiastic, frantic, fr fanum fane: cf F. fanatique. See {Fane}.] Pertaining to or indicating, fanaticism; extravagant in opinions; ultra; unreasonable; excessively enthusiastic, especially on religious subjects; as fanatic zeal; fanatic notions. But Faith, fanatic Faith, once wedded fast To some dear falsehood, hugs it to the last --T. Moore. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fanatic \Fa*nat"ic\, n. A person affected by excessive enthusiasm, particularly on religious subjects; one who indulges wild and extravagant notions of religion. There is a new word coined within few months, called fanatics, which by the close stickling thereof, seemeth well cut out and proportioned to signify what is meant thereby, even the sectaries of our age. --Fuller (1660). Fanatics are governed rather by imagination than by judgment. --Stowe. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fanatic adj : marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea; "rabid isolationist" [syn: {fanatical}, {overzealous}, {rabid}] n : a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause) [syn: {fiend}]
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