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Definition: Fanatical |
FanaticalAdjective1. Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea; "rabid isolationist". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "fanatical" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1594. (references) |
Synonyms: FanaticalSynonyms: fanatic (adj), overzealous (adj), rabid (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Excitability | Overzealous, enthusiastic, impassioned, fanatical; rabid; (eager). |
Feeling | Pervading, penetrating, absorbing; rabid, raving, feverish, fanatical, hysterical; impetuous; (excitable). |
Heterodoxy | Bigoted; (prejudiced), (obstinate); superstitious; (credulous); fanatical; idolatrous; visionary; (imaginative). |
Impiety | Bigoted, fanatical; priest-ridden. |
Insanity | Fanatical, infatuated, odd, eccentric; hypped, hyppish; spaced out. |
Misjudgment | Narrow-minded, narrow-souled; mean-spirited; confined, illiberal, intolerant, besotted, infatuated, fanatical, entete, positive, dogmatic, conceited; opinative, opiniative; opinioned, opinionate, opinionative, opinionated; self-opinioned, wedded to an opinion, opini_tre; bigoted; (obstinate); crotchety, fussy, impracticable; unreasonable, stupid; credulous; warped. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Fanatical |
| English words defined with "fanatical": chauvinism, convinced ♦ Fifth monarchy men ♦ jingoism ♦ lunatic fringe ♦ superpatriotism ♦ ultranationalism. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "fanatical": Barcochebah ♦ Familists ♦ Mennonites ♦ Sterry, SUFFRAGETTE. (references) |
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Screenplays | Tell your friend not to get cute down there, the Marines at Gitmo are fanatical. (A Few Good Men; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin) | |
Lyrics | Liberal, fanatical, criminal. ("The Logical Song"; performing artist: Supertramp) | |
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Communist Manifesto | 1848 | By degrees they sink into the category of the reactionary conservative Socialists depicted above, differing from these only by more systematic pedantry, and by their fanatical and superstitious belief in the miraculous effects of their social science. (reference) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He was royalist, fanatical, and austere. |
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| "Fanatical" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Fanatical" is used about 177 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 177 | 23,322 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "fanatical": make fanatical. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
fanatical fiction | 5 |
fanatical | 3 |
apathy fanatical | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "fanatical"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | fanatik (bigot, bigoted, devotee, fanatic, freak, pious, sectarian, zealot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | متحمس (advocate, ardent, ardent supporter, eager, eagerly intent, ebullient, enthusiast, enthusiastic, fanatic, fervent, fervid, fiery, hot, hothead, impassioned, keen, passionate, strenuous, warm, zealot, zealous), متحجر (antiquated, fanatic, fogy, fossil, fusty, outmoded), متعصب (bigot, bigoted, devout, factional, fanatic, fundamentalist, hard liner, illiberal, intolerant, narrow minded, orthodox, pi, prejudiced, sectarian, zealot), تعصبي (fanatic), أصولي (fanatic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | ревностен (ardent, eager, earnest, fanatic, fervent, intense, jealous, keen, mettled, mettlesome, openmouthed, painstaking, violent, zealous), разпален (fanatic, heated, radiant, sportive, vehement, warm, zealous), фанатичен (bigoted, fanatic, partisan, rabid, zealous), фанатизиран (fanatic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 狂热 (Fanatic, feverish, frantic, frenetic, Rabid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | fanatický (ardent, fanatic, fanciful, zealous), náruživý (ardent, enthusiastic, fervent, great), horlivý (ardent, assiduous, eager, keen, spirited, strenuous, zealous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | fanatiek, dwepend, dweepziek. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | fanatika. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | yvirhugaður, trábeitin, øðisligur. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | fanaattinen, kiihkomielinen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | fanatique (factional, fanatic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | fanatisch (rabid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | φανατικόσ (bigot, bigoted, fanatic, rabid, sectarian, zealot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ק אי (fanatic, jealous, possessive, rabid, zealot, zealous), פ טי. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | rajongó (admirer, buff, ecstatic, enraptured, enthusiast, fan, fanatic, freak, groupie, infatuated), fanatikus (fanatic, rabid, zealous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | fanatico (addict, bigot, bug, fan, fanatic, rabid, zealot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 凝り固まる (to be fanatical, to clot, to coagulate, to curdle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | "りかたまる (to be fanatical, to clot, to coagulate, to curdle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 광 (Fanatic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | anaticalfay fanático (bigoted, churchy, fanatically, fiend, rabid, zealot). (various references) fanatic (devotee, fanatic, fanatically, partisan, phrenetic, rabid, zealot), habotnic (bigot, bigoted, gushing, religiose, saintly). (various references) фанатический (bigoted, phrenetic). (various references) fanatičan (fanatic, rabid), zatucan (fanatic, narrow minded). (various references) fanático (addict, addicted, bigot, bigoted, fanatic, fiend, hot-brained, hothead, hotheaded, rabid, zealot). (various references) fanatisk (fanatic, rabid). (various references) คลั่งไคล้ที่สุ". (various references) bağnaz (bigoted, hard-shell, illiberal, narrow minded, puritan, puritanical, rabid, sectarian, strait laced, zealous). (various references) фанатичний (bigotted, enthusiastic, enthusiastical, fanatic, frenetic, partisan, phrenetic, zelotic), бузувірський (fanatic). (various references) người cu"ng tín (fanatic, religionist, zealot). (various references) penboeth (hot-headed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "fanatical": fanatically, fanaticalness, fanaticalnesses. (additional references) | |
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"Fanatical" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Famalicao, fanaticle, finatical, frantical. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "fanatical" (pronounced funa"tikul) |
| 6 | -a" t i k u l | mathematical, problematical, sabbatical, viatical. |
| 5 | -t i k u l | acoustical, alphabetical, analytical, antithetical, apolitical, astronautical, critical, dialectical, ecclesiastical, egotistical, elliptical, geopolitical, heretical, hypercritical, hypocritical, identical, logistical, mystical, nonpolitical, optical, pharmaceutical, statistical, tactical, testicle, theoretical, uncritical, vertical. |
| 4 | -i k u l | archaeological, archeological, astrological, astronomical, asymmetrical, atypical, autobiographical, bicycle, biographical, biological, biomedical, biotechnological, botanical, categorical, cervical, chronological, classical, comical, conical, cubicle, cyclical, cylindrical, cynical, dermatological, diabolical, ecological, economical, ecumenical, electrical, electrochemical, electromechanical, empirical, encyclical, epidemiological, eschatological, ethical, ethnical, evangelical, galenical, geographical, geological, geometrical, graphical, gynecological, helical, historical, hysterical, icicle, ideological, illogical, immunological, inimical, ironical, lackadaisical, lexical, liturgical, logical, lyrical, magical, mechanical, metallurgical, metaphorical, metaphysical, methodological, metrical, morphological, musical, mythological, neoclassical, neurological, nonelectrical, nonsensical, nonsurgical, nontechnical, ontological, ornithological, paradoxical, pathological, pedagogical, periodical, petrochemical, pharmacological, philosophical, phonological, physical, physiological, popsicle, preclinical, prototypical, psychical, psychological, puritanical, rabbinical, radiological, rhetorical, semiclassical, semicylindrical, semitropical, serological, sociological, spherical, stereotypical, strategical, surgical, symmetrical, technical, technological, teleological, theatrical, theological, topical, toxicological, tricycle, tropical, typographical, tyrannical, umbilical, uneconomical, unethical, untypical, vehicle, virological, whimsical, zoological. |
| 3 | -k u l | aeronautical, agrochemical, allegorical, anarchical, anatomical, ankle, anthropological, article, barnacle, biblical, bifocal, biochemical, brickle, buckle, cackle, chemical, Chronicle, chuckle, circle, clavicle, clerical, clinical, commonsensical, coracle, cortical, crackle, cuticle, cycle, debacle, diacritical, domical, ducal, encircle, epochal, equivocal, etymological, farcical, fecal, fickle, fiscal, focal, follicle, freckle, geophysical, gonococcal, grackle, grammatical, granduncle, hackle, heckle, heterocercal, hierarchical, honeysuckle, Huckle, hypothetical, impractical, jackal, knuckle, local, maniacal, matriarchal, medical, meikle, meteorological, methodical, Mickle, miracle, monocle, motorcycle, muckle, mythical, nautical, nickel, Nickle, Nicol, numerical, obstacle, Oracle, oratorical, particle, patriarchal, photochemical, pickle, pinnacle, polemical, political, pontifical, practical, pumpernickel, quizzical, radical, ramshackle, rankle, rascal, receptacle, reciprocal, recycle, ruckle, runkle, satirical, shackle, shekel, sickle, skeptical, Sokol, sparkle, speckle, spectacle, sprinkle, stickle, suckle, tabernacle, tackle, tentacle, tickle, tinkle, trickle, twinkle, typical, uncle, unequivocal, unicycle, unshackle, vocal, Winkle, wrinkle. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-f-i-l-n-t" | |
-2 letters: actinal, cantala, fanatic, fantail, tailfan. | |
-3 letters: caftan, catlin, facial, tincal. | |
-4 letters: actin, alant, antic, calif, canal, clift, facia, faint, fatal, final, flint, lanai, liana, linac, natal, tafia, tical. | |
-5 letters: acta, alan, alfa, alif, alit, anal, anil, anta, anti, cain, calf, cant, clan, clit, fact, fail, fain, fiat, fila, flan, flat, flic, flit, laic, lain, lati, lift, lint, naif, nail, tail, tain, tala, talc, tali. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-a-c-f-i-l-n-t" | |
+2 letters: fanatically, fantastical. | |
+4 letters: fanaticalness, fantastically, rarefactional. | |
+5 letters: fantasticality. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 61 6E 61 74 69 63 61 6C |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..-. .- -. .- - .. -.-. .- .-.. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01100001 01101110 01100001 01110100 01101001 01100011 01100001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F a n a t i c a l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0061 006E 0061 0074 0069 0063 0061 006C |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)406780678675696778 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Historic 7. Quotations: Fiction 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Expressions 10. Expressions: Internet 11. Translations: Modern 12. Derivations | 13. Rhymes 14. Anagrams 15. Orthography 16. Bibliography |
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