Definition for Fanaticism:

• Wild and extravagant notions in religious subjects.

Synonyms for Fanaticism:

• n.

  •
  • cause,
  • anarchism,
  • collectivism,
  • Arabism,
  • camp follower,
  • capitalism,
  • big tent,
  • collectivist,
  • colonialist,
  • antidisestablishmentarianism.
  •bigotry (noun)
  • partiality,
  • dogmatism,
  • provincialism,
  • sectarianism,
  • injustice,
  • narrow-mindedness,
  • narrowmindedness,
  • racialism,
  • racism,
  • in justice.
  •chauvinism (noun)
  • zealotry,
  • ethnocentricity,
  • jingoism,
  • bellicism,
  • nationalism,
  • nationalisms,
  • fanatical patriotism.
  •cognition (noun)
  • fanaticism,
  • Fanatism.
  •enthusiasm (noun)
  • zealousness,
  • oomph,
  • fieriness,
  • Ardency,
  • impetuosity.
  •overenthusiasm (noun)
  • arbitrariness,
  • frenzy,
  • faction,
  • superstition,
  • contumacy,
  • bias,
  • obstinacy,
  • stubbornness,
  • prejudice,
  • violence,
  • devotion,
  • monomania,
  • passion,
  • intolerance,
  • dogma,
  • tenacity,
  • transport,
  • illiberality,
  • willfulness,
  • unruliness,
  • single-mindedness,
  • obsessiveness,
  • dedication,
  • madness,
  • infatuation,
  • rage,
  • unfairness,
  • extremism,
  • abandonment,
  • Incorrigibility,
  • hatred,
  • unreasonableness,
  • immoderation,
  • partisanship.
  •zeal (noun)
  • Ultraism,
  • militancy,
  • overenthusiasm,
  • singlemindedness,
  • obsession,
  • radicalism,
  • wild and extravagant notions,
  • overzealousness,
  • excessive enthusiasm,
  • unreasoning zeal.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • bigotry,
  • chauvinism,
  • enthusiasm,
  • ferocity,
  • fervency,
  • high pitch,
  • intensity,
  • intentness,
  • mental disorder,
  • psychopathy,
  • psychosis,
  • severity,
  • tenseness,
  • weightiness,
  • wildness,
  • zeal,
  • Intenseness,
  • Vehemency,
  • forcefulness,
  • Mental Disorders,
  • Psychoses,
  • what it takes,
  • stick-to-itiveness,
  • ferocities,
  • what-it-takes.

Paraphrases for Fanaticism:

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    fanatical, fanatic.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    bigotry, fundamentalism, extremism.

Antonyms for Fanaticism:

• n.

  • overenthusiasm
    doubt, dislike, calmness, justice, apathy, indifference, impartiality, unenthusiasm, peace, fairness, irresolution, peacefulness, disinterest.
  • Other antonyms:
    deadness, cynicism, caution, prudence, calculation, lukewarmness, free-thinking, Latitudinarianism, timidity, dulness, policy, wariness, coldness.

Fanaticism Sentence Examples:

• The whole spirit of the time with its warring passions, its intrigues of fanaticism, is vividly and powerfully brought before us.

• Le Loutre, with his fiery fanaticism, went up, by contrast, in the estimation of the honest - hearted boy.

Homophones for Fanaticism:

• Fanatism, Fantasm.

Hyponym for Fanaticism:

• n.

  • cognition
    intolerance.