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fanatica person filled with excessive and single-minded zeal, especially for an extreme religious or political cause

Part of speech: NOUN

Definition: a person filled with excessive and single-minded zeal, especially for an extreme religious or political cause

Pronunciation (IPA): /fəˈnætɪk/

Korean meaning: 광신자, 열광자 (종교나 정치적 신념에 극도로 열성적인 사람)

Korean pronunciation: 퍼**내**틱

Example Sentences

  • My mom is a cleaning fanatic - she vacuums the carpet after every visitor leaves.
  • The political fanatic plastered his car with dozens of campaign stickers.
  • She's such a coffee fanatic that she brought her espresso machine on a camping trip.

fanatic

NOUN

//fəˈnætɪk//

a person filled with excessive and single-minded zeal, especially for an extreme religious or political cause

fanatic concept
💡 Concept

a person filled with excessive and single-minded zeal, especially for an extreme religious or political cause

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fanatic rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

The fanatic's dramatic speech triggers automatic chaos!

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🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/fəˈnætɪk/
🇬🇧 UK/fəˈnætɪk/

🌳Etymology

Rootfan
Suffix--atic

Origin

From Latin 'fanaticus' meaning 'inspired by a deity' or 'frenzied', derived from 'fanum' meaning 'temple'. The word originally referred to someone possessed by religious fervor or divine inspiration.

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🎵Rhyme

dramaticautomaticsystematic
dramatic
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📝Examples

😄 Fun example

My mom is a cleaning fanatic - she vacuums the carpet after every visitor leaves.

The political fanatic plastered his car with dozens of campaign stickers.

😄 Fun example

She's such a coffee fanatic that she brought her espresso machine on a camping trip.

😄 Fun example

The security guard was fanatic about checking IDs - he even asked his own mother for identification.

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📚Related Words

Synonyms

zealotextremistenthusiastdevoteeradical

Antonyms

moderateindifferentapathetic

Related

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