FANATICISM Synonyms

• a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)

• intense feeling of love

• feelings of great warmth and intensity

• the intolerance and prejudice of a bigot

• fanatical patriotism

• activity indicative of belief in the superiority of men over women

• tendency to assert principles as undeniably true

• any political theory favoring immoderate uncompromising policies

• feelings of great warmth and intensity

• the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up

• the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation)

• high level or degree; the property of being intense

• the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction)

• chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue

• an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will

• an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone

• a strong feeling or emotion

• the suffering of Jesus at the Crucifixion

• the trait of being intensely emotional

• something that is desired intensely

• an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action

• a feeling of strong sexual desire

• any object of warm affection or devotion

• the political orientation of those who favor revolutionary change in government and society

• a narrow-minded adherence to a particular sect or party or denomination

• characterized by one unified purpose

• excessive intolerance of opposing views