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as in zeal
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as in dogmatism
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Recent Examples of fanaticism
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.
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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
The narrative unfolds in the devoutly Catholic town of Pula and examines themes of faith, fanaticism, and vigilante justice.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 23 July 2024
As Kid fights his way up the party’s structure, Patel’s lens widens to capture hints of poverty and fanaticism in ways that reflect India’s current climate of religious extremism.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 5 Apr. 2024
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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
The narrative unfolds in the devoutly Catholic town of Pula and examines themes of faith, fanaticism, and vigilante justice.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 23 July 2024
As Kid fights his way up the party’s structure, Patel’s lens widens to capture hints of poverty and fanaticism in ways that reflect India’s current climate of religious extremism.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 5 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fanaticism
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Nations blessed with abundant low-cost energy are leveraging this newfound advantage and crafting policies to attract AI investments with the zeal once reserved for manufacturing.Azeem Azhar, WIRED, 16 Dec. 2024
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Taft’s lieutenants undertook their task with zeal, especially in the State Department.Laura Ellyn Smith / Made by History, TIME, 3 Dec. 2024
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Wishing for McConnell People who have resented McConnell’s dogmatism and partisanship would wish him back if Scott were to succeed him as leader next year.Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 6 June 2024
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Playing a Good Hand George P. Shultz rescued the Reagan administration from its dogmatism.Robert W. Tucker, Foreign Affairs, 9 July 2024
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Is this tied in at all with Rob’s obsession with historical accuracy?Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 6 Jan. 2025
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To dismiss concerns about it as some kind of partisan obsession.Ted Johnson, Deadline, 6 Jan. 2025
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Charlie Peters, a student about to embark on a philosophy masters at The University of Edinburgh, took the time to leaf through a 159-page report on child exploitation in Rotherham, a town in the north of England.Jake Kanter, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2025
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Using a top-10 pick on Wright reflects the philosophy of building a team inside-out, but Poles defended some of the personnel moves that don’t, noting that what’s available to a team isn’t always in line with the ideal way to construct a roster.Kevin Fishbain, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
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Eggers' interpretation stars Depp—daughter of actor Johnny Depp and singer, model and actor Vanessa Paradis—as Ellen Hutter in this tale of a haunted young woman and the vampire who has an infatuation with her.George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
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New designs of planes are always in the news and people across the globe have always had an infatuation with airplanes.Krystal Nurse, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024
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The filing dissects Geoff’s declarations to an Argentine prosecutor in the days following the singer’s death, pulling out the numerous insistences where the pop star’s father claims that Liam was in Nores’ care.Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2025
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Dyche, though, was stubborn in his insistence that the Senegal forward was better on the wing and instead persisted with two square pegs in Abdoulaye Doucoure and Dwight McNeil.Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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Foreman theater answered this call by creating dreamscapes that eluded our intellect’s mania for control.Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
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At the height of her mania, Flaherty rose at 4 a.m. to write.Molly Young, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
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Courts in at least five states – Montana, New York, Washington, Vermont and Oregon – have rejected the open fields doctrine, finding it’s not supported by their state constitutions.Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
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OpenAI argued that the fair use doctrine protects them.Brittney Melton, NPR, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Fanaticism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fanaticism. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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