Crossword-Solution: FANATICISM
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Fanaticism | n. | Excessive enthusiasm, unreasoning zeal, or wild and extravagant notions, on any subject, especially religion; religious frenzy. |
We have 56 clues for the answer “FANATICISM”
| Clue | Answers |
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| scrupulosity | 1 answer |
| narrow-mind | 1 answer |
| fanatical outlook or behaviour | 1 answer |
| Santayana defines it as "redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim" | 1 answer |
| Irrational zeal | 1 answer |
| effusiveness | 5 answers |
| opiniatry | 6 answers |
| Jingoism | 26 answers |
| racism | 26 answers |
| sexism | 26 answers |
| bobadilism | 26 answers |
| narrowness | 28 answers |
| zealotry | 29 answers |
| intolerance | 30 answers |
| dogmatism | 31 answers |
| bellicosity | 33 answers |
| boasting | 37 answers |
| Emotion | 43 answers |
| shortness | 43 answers |
| abruptness | 44 answers |
| Hostilities | 45 answers |
| terseness | 45 answers |
| brevity | 46 answers |
| forthrightness | 46 answers |
| duel | 47 answers |
| Openness | 51 answers |
| Prejudice | 53 answers |
| perturbation | 53 answers |
| Partiality | 53 answers |
| frankness | 53 answers |
| Injustice | 54 answers |
| Umbrage | 54 answers |
| excitable state | 55 answers |
| Obsession | 55 answers |
| ingenuousness | 56 answers |
| Slant | 56 answers |
| expeditiousness | 58 answers |
| Precipitation | 59 answers |
| hastiness | 59 answers |
| Celerity | 61 answers |
| alacrity | 62 answers |
| Wantonness | 62 answers |
| spontaneity | 63 answers |
| Expedition | 65 answers |
| Encounter | 66 answers |
| promptness | 66 answers |
| Bias | 67 answers |
| Fervour | 67 answers |
| Bigotry. | 70 answers |
| commitment | 71 answers |
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Sentences with FANATICISM (5)
Not in horror, however, for since my recently acquired knowledge of the Holy Therns I was prepared for anything in this still less accessible heaven, where all was evidently dictated by a single omnipotence; where ages of narrow fanaticism and self-worship had eradicated all the broader humanitarian instincts that the race might once have possessed.
The incident gave me considerable food for speculation, since if I were right in the conclusion induced by the cursory glimpse I had had of the spy, then Matai Shang and Thurid must suspect my identity, and if that were true not even the service I had rendered Kulan Tith could save me from his religious fanaticism.
The obstinacy and avarice of the Jews being thus in a measure placed in opposition to the fanaticism that tyranny of those under whom they lived, seemed to increase in proportion to the persecution with which they were visited; and the immense wealth they usually acquired in commerce, while it frequently placed them in danger, was at other times used to extend their influence, and to secure to them a certain degree of protection.
Flambeau, quite bewildered with this fanaticism, could not refrain from asking Miss Pauline (with direct French logic) why a pair of spectacles was a more morbid sign of weakness than a lift, and why, if science might help us in the one effort, it might not help us in the other.
The magic flute of Rousseau’s eloquence breathed fanaticism into his disciples, and a desire to mass themselves against the foes of liberty.
Quotes with FANATICISM (3)
A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism.
The work of the philosophical policeman," replied the man in blue, "is at once bolder and more subtle than that of the ordinary detective. The ordinary detective goes to pot-houses to arrest thieves; we go to artistic tea-parties to detect pessimists. The ordinary detective discovers from a ledger or a diary that a crime has been committed. We discover from a book of sonnets that a crime will be committed. We have to trace the origin of those dreadful thoughts that drive men …
Although the far territory of the extreme can exert an intoxicating pull on susceptible individuals of all bents, extremism seems to be especially prevalent among those inclined by temperament or upbringing toward religious pursuits. Faith is the very antithesis of reason, injudiciousness a crucial component of spiritual devotion. And when religious fanaticism supplants ratiocination, all bets are suddenly off.
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Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (2007–2010).