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This new conflict marks the end of a five-decade golden age for Israel, during which an oasis of liberty enjoyed strategic supremacy against the forces of tyranny and fanaticism that surround it.
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Ari Shavit, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2024
But Matthew Gabriel, 25, who lives in Philly's Mt. Airy neighborhood, took his football fanaticism to a whole 'nother level.
—Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 20 Sep. 2024
At the ministries in Tehran, the technocrats learned firsthand how revolutionary fanaticism—cutting off trade with the outside world, for example—could lead to international isolation and harm the economy.
—Alex Vatanka, Foreign Affairs, 13 June 2017
The downside is a corporate culture that borders on fanaticism, with the occasional weaponization of principles to the detriment of people and groups with less power.
—Amanda Loudin, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2024
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Ari Shavit, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2024
But Matthew Gabriel, 25, who lives in Philly's Mt. Airy neighborhood, took his football fanaticism to a whole 'nother level.
—Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 20 Sep. 2024
At the ministries in Tehran, the technocrats learned firsthand how revolutionary fanaticism—cutting off trade with the outside world, for example—could lead to international isolation and harm the economy.
—Alex Vatanka, Foreign Affairs, 13 June 2017
The downside is a corporate culture that borders on fanaticism, with the occasional weaponization of principles to the detriment of people and groups with less power.
—Amanda Loudin, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2024
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“Fanaticism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fanaticism. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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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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