fanatic
noun/fəˈnætɪk/
/fəˈnætɪk/
- (disapproving) a person who holds extreme or dangerous opinions synonym extremist
- religious fanatics
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- religious
- right-wing
- crazed
- …
- attack
- kill
- murder
- …
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- (informal) a person who is extremely enthusiastic about something synonym enthusiast
- a fitness/crossword fanatic
- a self-confessed football fanatic
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- baseball
- cricket
- football
- …
Word Originmid 16th cent. (as an adjective): from French fanatique or Latin fanaticus ‘of a temple, inspired by a god’, from fanum ‘temple’. The adjective originally described behaviour or speech that might result from possession by a god or demon, hence the earliest sense of the noun ‘a religious maniac’ (mid 17th cent.).
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