What does fanaticism mean?
Fanaticism means The characteristic or practice of being a fanatic..
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/fəˈnæt.ɪ.sɪ.zəm/ · noun
The characteristic or practice of being a fanatic..
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.
Witch-hunting became a mania, with all the abuses and excesses which invariably develop with fanaticism.
Use fanaticism when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Fanaticism means The characteristic or practice of being a fanatic..
Common synonyms include zealotry.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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