Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - fanatic
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(fanatics) 1. If you describe someone as a fanatic, you disapprove of them because you consider their behaviour or opinions to be very extreme, for example in the way they support particular religious or political ideas. I am not a religious fanatic but I am a Christian. = extremist N-COUNT c darkgreen]disapproval 2. If you say that someone is a fanatic, you mean that they are very enthusiastic about a particular activity, sport, or way of life. Both Rod and Phil are football fanatics. = enthusiast N-COUNT: usu n N 3. Fanatic means the same as fanatical. ADJ ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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or ~al adjective Etymology: Latin ~us inspired by a deity, frenzied, from fanum temple — more at feast Date: 1550 marked by excessive enthusiasm and often intense uncritical devotion they're ~ about politics • ~ noun • ~ally adverb • ~alness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & adj. --n. a person filled with excessive and often misguided enthusiasm for something. --adj. excessively enthusiastic. Derivatives fanatical adj. fanatically adv. fanaticism n. fanaticize v.intr. & tr. (also -ise). Etymology: F fanatique or L fanaticus f. fanum temple (orig. in religious sense) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. фанатик, изувер to be a fanatic of smth. —- фанатически относиться к чему-л.; вести себя как фанатик (фанатично) в отношении чего-л. a fresh-air fanatic —- страстный любитель свежего воздуха; человек, который помешался на свежем воздухе food fanatics —- люди, строго придерживающиеся какой-л. диеты (о вегетарианцах и т. п.) 2. фанатичный, фанатический; изуверский fanatic zeal —- фанатическое рвение fanatic sects —- секты фанатиков he's fanatic about sports —- он помешался на спорте ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- c.1525, from L. fanaticus "mad, enthusiastic, inspired by a god," originally, "pertaining to a temple," from fanum "temple," related to festus "festive" (see feast). Current sense of "extremely zealous," especially in religion, is first attested 1647. The noun is from 1650, originally in religious sense, of Nonconformists. "A fanatic is someone who can't change his mind and won't change the subject." [Winston Churchill] ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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