Meaning & use
fanatic
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A person filled with excessive and uncritical enthusiasm or zeal, especially about religion or a cause.
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He's a self-described fitness fanatic who works out twice a day.
Religious fanatics sometimes reject any interpretation but their own.
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'Fanatic' is the root of the informal shortened word 'fan,' though 'fanatic' itself usually implies a more extreme or obsessive level of devotion.
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