Meaning & use
zealotry
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Excessive or fanatical zeal, especially in religious or political matters.
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Historians warned against the dangers of religious zealotry.
His zealotry for the cause alienated even his closest allies.
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Derived from 'zealot,' which originally referred to a member of a first-century Jewish movement resisting Roman rule.
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