Examples of fanaticism in a Sentence
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In comparison, the movie’s villains only use Hinduism as a façade for violence and financial gain, rather than as a sincere fixture of their fanaticism.
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Siddhant Adlakha, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
That’s the terms of fanaticism, and any fanaticism is bad.
—Hemal Jhaveri, WIRED, 29 Feb. 2024
Imagine a world devoid of color or warmth, foundering amid environmental catastrophe and tribal factions that threaten to bring humanity to the edge of fatal fanaticism.
—Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2024
As a freethinker who had run afoul of both Judaism and Christianity, Spinoza knew that bigotry and fanaticism weren’t just imposed on the people; they were also imposed by the people.
—Adam Kirsch, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
But through it all, somehow, my fanaticism remained, even deepened.
—Michael MacCambridge, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2024
Read: The Middle East conflict that the U.S. can’t stay out of
Riyadh grasped the genuine fanaticism and growing power of the Houthis in a way that many in Washington did not.
—Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2024
In the late eighteenth century, liberal thinkers worried about the despotic state and religious and revolutionary fanaticism and sought freedom through constitutions and bills of rights.
—Alan S. Kahan, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023
Militarization is being matched by a surge in nationalist fanaticism.
—David Satter, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2023
Siddhant Adlakha, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
That’s the terms of fanaticism, and any fanaticism is bad.
—Hemal Jhaveri, WIRED, 29 Feb. 2024
Imagine a world devoid of color or warmth, foundering amid environmental catastrophe and tribal factions that threaten to bring humanity to the edge of fatal fanaticism.
—Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2024
As a freethinker who had run afoul of both Judaism and Christianity, Spinoza knew that bigotry and fanaticism weren’t just imposed on the people; they were also imposed by the people.
—Adam Kirsch, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
But through it all, somehow, my fanaticism remained, even deepened.
—Michael MacCambridge, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2024
Read: The Middle East conflict that the U.S. can’t stay out of
Riyadh grasped the genuine fanaticism and growing power of the Houthis in a way that many in Washington did not.
—Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2024
In the late eighteenth century, liberal thinkers worried about the despotic state and religious and revolutionary fanaticism and sought freedom through constitutions and bills of rights.
—Alan S. Kahan, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023
Militarization is being matched by a surge in nationalist fanaticism.
—David Satter, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2023
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“Fanaticism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fanaticism. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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fanaticism
noun
fa·nat·i·cism
fə-ˈnat-ə-ˌsiz-əm 
: fanatic outlook or behavior especially as exhibited by excessive enthusiasm, unreasoning zeal, or wild and extravagant notions on some subject
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