fanatic
A person who is zealously enthusiastic for some causeA person who is zealously enthusiastic for some cause.
» I know Tom is a religious fanatic.
Я знаю, що Том — релігійний фанатик. — deniko
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1 sensesA 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 sentencesI know Tom is a religious fanatic.
Я знаю, що Том — релігійний фанатик. — deniko
I know that Tom is a religious fanatic.
Я знаю, що Том — релігійний фанатик. — deniko
Tom isn't a fanatic.
Том не фанатик. — deniko
ruТом не фанатик. — marafon
Tom is a religious fanatic.
Том — релігійний фанатик. — deniko
ruТом — религиозный фанатик. — sigavax
deTom ist ein religiöser Fanatiker. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom is a science fiction fanatic.
deTom ist Science-Fiction-Fan. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
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Origin
First attested in 1525. Learned borrowing from Latin fānāticus (“of a temple, divinely insFirst 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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