zealousness

noun

Definition of zealousnessnext
as in zeal

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for zealousness
  1. zeal
  2. fervor
  3. zealotry
  4. exuberance
  5. enthusiasm
Noun
  • 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
  • Taft’s lieutenants undertook their task with zeal, especially in the State Department.
    Laura Ellyn Smith / Made by History, TIME, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of zeal
Noun
  • Both teens separately described similar environments of pro-Palestinian fervor that left them feeling ostracized, particularly when older students with no cultural ties to the Palestinians began to don keffiyehs and accuse Israel of committing genocide in Gaza.
    Beth Bailey, Fox News, 8 Jan. 2025
  • That’s despite summer record-setters such as Disney’s Deadpool & Wolverine and Inside Out 2 and holiday hits such as Wicked, Moana 2 and Sonic the Hedgehog 3. Way more sequels are set for 2025, driving business, if not heartfelt fervor.
    David Bloom, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of fervor
Noun
  • Some of the settlers are driven by fear, some by zealotry and others by the promises of limitless wealth, but in this moment, life is unquestionably solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2025
  • 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
Definition of zealotry
Noun
  • The captaincy tag had appeared to shake him from a foul mood that has festered as the series has worn on exacerbated by the youthful exuberance of brash upstart Sam Konstas, who has really gotten under his skin.
    Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
  • The fragile, almost brittle treble of the guitar and the exuberance of the drums don’t obscure the misery of this line but, rather, reflect and transmute it.
    Mitch Therieau, The New Yorker, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of exuberance
Noun
  • On the other hand, high-energy dogs, such as the playful companion in the viral video, often fail to recognize when their enthusiasm is not reciprocated.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Employees don’t necessarily reduce their work output, but their enthusiasm fades, their curiosity dwindles, and their emotional connection to their work diminishes.
    Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of enthusiasm
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