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So do leaders whose notoriety is based on abnormal or distorted preferences, such as ones associated with fanaticism or extremism.
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Roseanne McManus, Foreign Affairs, 24 Jan. 2025
The movie’s incessant urge to psychoanalyze John’s fanaticism could have stopped at the boot camp sequence.
—Natalia Winkelman, IndieWire, 28 Jan. 2025
As just one egregious example of what must be fixed, Europe cannot accept anti-Israel fanaticism and Jew hatred in its cities then shrug helplessly in surprise, as if its funding of anti-Israel NGOs and welcoming millions of unvetted immigrants had nothing to do with it.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
Dictators may be relatively more shielded from the pressures of public opinion than leaders of democracies, but nuclear fanaticism anywhere threatens the taboo.
—Nina Tannenwald, Foreign Affairs, 24 Feb. 2023
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Roseanne McManus, Foreign Affairs, 24 Jan. 2025
The movie’s incessant urge to psychoanalyze John’s fanaticism could have stopped at the boot camp sequence.
—Natalia Winkelman, IndieWire, 28 Jan. 2025
As just one egregious example of what must be fixed, Europe cannot accept anti-Israel fanaticism and Jew hatred in its cities then shrug helplessly in surprise, as if its funding of anti-Israel NGOs and welcoming millions of unvetted immigrants had nothing to do with it.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
Dictators may be relatively more shielded from the pressures of public opinion than leaders of democracies, but nuclear fanaticism anywhere threatens the taboo.
—Nina Tannenwald, Foreign Affairs, 24 Feb. 2023
See All Example Sentences for fanaticism
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“Fanaticism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fanaticism. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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fanaticism
noun
fa·nat·i·cism
fə-ˈnat-ə-ˌsiz-əm 
: fanatic outlook or behavior especially as exhibited by excessive enthusiasm, unreasoning zeal, or wild and extravagant notions on some subject
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