Meaning

1 senses
  1. A person who is zealously enthusiastic for some cause.

    A zealot can't change his mind. A fanatic can't change his mind and won't change the subject. —Winston Churchill (attributed)

    A fanatic is one who redoubles his effort when he has forgotten his aim. —George Santayana

    Fanatiker, Fanatikerin

    фана́тикfanátik, фанати́чкаfanatíčka, изуверizuver

    фана́тикfanátyk, фанати́чкаfanatýčka, бузуві́рbuzuvír

    a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause)

Examples

44 sentences
  1. I know Tom is a religious fanatic.

    Я знаю, що Том — релігійний фанатик. — deniko

  2. I know that Tom is a religious fanatic.

    Я знаю, що Том — релігійний фанатик. — deniko

  3. Tom isn't a fanatic.

    Том не фанатик. — deniko

    ruТом не фанатик. — marafon

  4. Tom is a religious fanatic.

    Том — релігійний фанатик. — deniko

    ruТом — религиозный фанатик. — sigavax

    deTom ist ein religiöser Fanatiker. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. Tom is a science fiction fanatic.

    deTom ist Science-Fiction-Fan. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
one who is zealously enthusiastic:
Русский
By meaning 1
one who is zealously enthusiastic:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
one who is zealously enthusiastic:

Origin

First attested in 1525. Learned borrowing from Latin fānāticus (“of a temple, divinely ins

First attested in 1525. Learned borrowing from Latin fānāticus (“of a temple, divinely inspired, frenzied”), from fānum (“temple”). Influenced by French fanatique.

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Forms

plural: fanatics
Singularfanatic
Pluralfanatics

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause):fiend

Word family

9 related words

See also

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