fanaticism
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There it unfolds—with graceful and terrible inevitability—into a mosaic of abandonment and love, fanaticism and terror.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
The conspiratorial nature of true crime fanaticism is kept blessedly brief in the three-episode series.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
Local fanaticism for this law and tradition cannot be overstated.
From Slate ● May 26, 2026
"Political hatred has no place in our democracies. We will not allow fanaticism to poison the spaces of free debate and information," she said.
From Barron's ● Apr. 26, 2026
There were many motivations for these journeys: ambition, greed, national pride, religious fanaticism, prison pardons, scientific curiosity, the thirst for adventure and the unavailability of suitable employment in Estremadura.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Vocabulary lists containing fanaticism
Power Suffix: -ism
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
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Elie Wiesel's "Hope, Despair and Memory" (1986)
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