zealousness

noun

Definition of zealousnessnext
as in zeal

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  1. zeal
  2. fervor
  3. zealotry
  4. exuberance
  5. enthusiasm
Noun
  • Americans’ zeal for the death of an insurance executive demonstrates both the coarsening of public discourse and the degree of rage many Americans feel over the deficiencies of the U.S. health-care system.
    Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Many blamed Biden’s antitrust zeal with helping slowdown M&A.
    Luisa Beltran, Fortune, 24 Nov. 2024
Definition of zeal
Noun
  • The fervor for all things related to artificial intelligence that fueled much of their rally has started to calm down.
    Royce Branning, Fortune, 30 Nov. 2024
  • After a Venezuelan migrant killed Laken Riley, a nursing student at Augusta University who previously attended the University of Georgia, in February, her death ignited anti-immigrant fervor on the right that placed the blame on Mr. Biden and Ms. Harris’s immigration record.
    Maya King, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
Definition of fervor
Noun
  • Villeneuve has the advantage of seeing glimpses of that future come true and his film is steeped in modern unease about zealotry, propaganda and environmental destruction.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
  • There’s religious zealotry, satanic rituals, stunning visuals, and demonic possession, so this Catholic-orphan undead party really does have it all.
    Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of zealotry
Noun
  • President Bashar al-Assad, and his late father and predecessor, Hafez, were omnipresent forces, glaring down from the many billboards, posters, and statues that were felled this week with all the exuberance, rage, and grief of the long-oppressed.
    Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
  • That means these stocks stand the most to gain if the market exuberance continues.
    Samantha Subin, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of exuberance
Noun
  • Corbet found the swell of advance enthusiasm gratifying, if bewildering.
    Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
  • It’s been a confounding situation, where the ever-shrinking audience — and mostly bad reviews alongside low audience scores — didn’t seem to shrink Sony’s enthusiasm to keep pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into a plan that nobody besides them had confidence or interest in.
    Mark Hughes, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of enthusiasm
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