fanatic
IPA: fʌnˈætɪk
noun
- A person who is zealously enthusiastic for some cause, especially in religion.
adjective
- Fanatical.
- (obsolete) Showing evidence of possession by a god or demon; frenzied, overzealous.
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Examples of "fanatic" in Sentences
- In my experience, the essential pop fanatic is a polygamist.
- Sorry, but a fanatic is a fanatic, regardless of what sheepskin she wears.
- You resemble nothing so much as a Palin fanatic circa Pearl Harbor Day 2008.
- I am an oatmeal raisin fanatic - so can I sub raisins for the choc chips and throw in some pecans??
- I'm always worried some Red Sox fanatic is going to give Frank a little "Fenway massage" with a bat or something.
- The pope says many parts of the world are now facing threats to peace, including terrorism and what he calls fanatic fundamentalist.
- I read "Napalm and Silly Putty" ― a must read for any Carlin fanatic ― this past week, after finding it in a library book sale this winter.
- My mother's family has been American since 1639, my great + grandfather fought in the Revolutionary War, and no fanatic is telling me to leave my country because I don't listen to Fox News.
- Giving a whole new meaning to the term fanatic, this deranged devotee and No 1 fan of a romance-novel writer (James Caan), holds him against his will, forces a rewrite of the protagonist's fate and then sledgehammers his legs so he can't escape from her.
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