Meanings
plural fanaticisms · alternative archaic phanaticism
- countableuncountableThe characteristic or practice of being a fanatic.
Witch-hunting became a mania, with all the abuses and excesses which invariably develop with fanaticism.
1965, Attila Zohar, Kings Cross Black Magic, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 882 more examples
The demon of fanaticism was the shape which it took with us; and verily, what with religious republicans, harmonists, quakers, fifth-monarchy men, presbyterians, and the reign of the saints upon earth, it needs the strong hand of a Cromwell to reduce the spiritual chaos to any sort of order.
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter III, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 35That being said, his rebellious nature and hatred of pure-blood fanaticism makes it impossible for Tom to recruit him.
2026, G. V. Candido-Beecher, illustrated by Nick Beecher, Voldemort: The Definitive Study of Tom Riddle — The Man Who Would Become "He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named", page 51
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰéh₁s
- Proto-Italic*faznom
- Latinfānum
- Latinfānāticu
- Frenchfanatiqueinflu.
- Englishfanatic
- Englishfanaticism
Translations
Arabic تَعَصُّب
- تَعَصُّب (taʕaṣṣub)characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Bulgarian фанати́зъм, фанати́чност
- фанати́зъм (fanatízăm)characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
- фанати́чност (fanatíčnost)characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Catalan fanatisme
- fanatismecharacteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Chinese Mandarin 狂熱 /狂热, 狂信
- 狂熱 /狂热 (kuángrè)characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
- 狂信 (kuángxìn)characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Czech fanatismus
- fanatismuscharacteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Danish fanatisme
- fanatismecharacteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Dutch fanatisme
- fanatismecharacteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Estonian fanatism
- fanatismcharacteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Finnish fanaattisuus, fanatismi
- fanaattisuuscharacteristic or practice of being a fanatic
- fanatismicharacteristic or practice of being a fanatic
- kiihkoilucharacteristic or practice of being a fanatic
- kiihkocharacteristic or practice of being a fanatic
French fanatisme
- fanatismecharacteristic or practice of being a fanatic
German Fanatismus, Eiferertum
- Fanatismuscharacteristic or practice of being a fanatic
- Eiferertumcharacteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Greek φανατισμός
- φανατισμός (fanatismós)characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Hungarian fanatizmus
- fanatizmuscharacteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Italian fanatismo
- fanatismocharacteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Japanese 狂信, ファナティシズム
- 狂信 (kyōshin)characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
- ファナティシズム (fanatishizumu)characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Korean 열광, 광신
- 열광 (yeolgwang)characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
- 광신 (gwangsin)characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
- 광신주의 (gwangsinjuui)characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Latvian fanātisms
- fanātismscharacteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Lithuanian fanatizmas
- fanatizmascharacteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Norwegian Bokmål fanatisme
- fanatismecharacteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Persian تعصب
- تعصب (ta'assob)characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Polish fanatyzm
- fanatyzmcharacteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Portuguese fanatismo
- fanatismocharacteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Romanian fanatism
- fanatismcharacteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Russian фанати́зм, фанати́чность
- фанати́зм (fanatízm)characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
- фанати́чность (fanatíčnostʹ)characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Slovak fanatizmus
- fanatizmuscharacteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Spanish fanatismo
- fanatismocharacteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Swedish fanatism
- fanatismcharacteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Turkish bağnazlık, fanatiklik
- bağnazlıkcharacteristic or practice of being a fanatic
- fanatiklikcharacteristic or practice of being a fanatic
- fanatizmcharacteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Ukrainian фанати́зм, фанати́чність
- фанати́зм (fanatýzm)characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
- фанати́чність (fanatýčnistʹ)characteristic or practice of being a fanatic
Cite this entry
fanaticism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fanaticism
“fanaticism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fanaticism. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fanaticism,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fanaticism.
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