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Zealotry

Definition: Zealotry

Zealotry

Noun

1. Excessive intolerance of opposing views.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Zealotry

Synonym: fanaticism (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Zealotry

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Obstinacy

Bigotry, intolerance, dogmatism; opiniatry, opiniativeness; fixed idea; (prejudgment); fanaticism, zealotry, infatuation, monomania; opinionatedness opinionativeness.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Zealotry

English words defined with "zealotry": Zealotism. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Zealotry

DomainTitle

Books

  • Witchcraft Persecutions in Bavaria : Popular Magic, Religious Zealotry and Reason of State in Early Modern Europe (reference)

  • Zealotry & Academic Freedom (reference)

  • Zealotry and Vengeance: Quest of a Religious Identity Group: A Sociopolitical Account of the Rabin Assassination (reference)

  • Zealotry, interests and law : inaugural lecture delivered at the University of Queensland, 26 June, 1990 (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Zealotry

"Zealotry" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Zealotry" is used about 4 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%4175,879

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Zealotry

Language Translations for "zealotry"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

fanatizëm (bigotry, fanaticism). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏حماسة مفرطة. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

ревност (eagerness, fervency, heartburning, jealousy, mettle, violence), фанатизъм (bigotry, fanaticism, partisanship). (various references)

   

Czech

  

fanatismus (fanaticism). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

هواخواهی (Adherence, Devotion), غیرت (Ardor, Enthusiasm, Mettle, Zeal), تعصب (Bias, Bigotry, Intolerance, Preconception, Prejudice, Prepossession, Zeal), شوق واشتیاق . (various references)

   

French

  

fanatisme (zealotism). (various references)

   

German

  

Zelotismus. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

φανατισμόσ (fanaticism), ζήλοσ (ardour, eagerness, elan, fervency, keenness, zeal). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ק אות (bigotry, fanaticism, zeal). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

vakbuzgóság (bigotry), fanatizmus (bigotry, fanaticism). (various references)

   

Italian

  

zelo eccessivo - fanatismo, zelo eccessivo. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ealotryzay

   

Portuguese

  

zelo excessivo, fanatismo (bigotry, fanaticism), entusiasmo (alacrity, ebullience, ebulliency, enthusiasm, excitement, flare-up, glow, intoxication, verve, warmth, zeal, zest). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

фанатизм (bigotry, fanaticism). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

fanatizam (fanaticism). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

fanatismo (bigotry, fanaticism). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

fanatism (fanaticism, fanatism). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

tutuculuk (conservatism, fanaticism, stuffiness, toryism), bağnazlık (bigotry, fanaticism, illiberality). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

фанатизм (bigotry, fanaticism). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

tính quá khích (extremeness, zealotism), lòng cu"ng tín (zealotism). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Zealotry

Misspellings

"Zealotry" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: zealor. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Zealotry"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "zealotry" (pronounced ze"lutrē)
6-e" l u t r ēhelotry.
5-l u t r ēidolatry, toiletry.
4-u t r ēasymmetry, banditry, basketry, bigotry, cabinetry, circuitry, dissymmetry, gadgetry, geometry, optometry, poetry, psychiatry, punditry, puppetry, rocketry, spectrometry, summitry, symmetry, telemetry.
3-t r ēancestry, artistry, baptistery, biochemistry, carpentry, chemistry, complementary, country, dentistry, elementary, entry, forestry, gallantry, gantry, gentry, geochemistry, industry, infantry, Maestri, ministry, mitre, pageantry, palmistry, paltry, pantry, pastry, peasantry, pedantry, pleasantry, poultry, reentry, registry, sentry, sultry, tapestry, wintry.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Zealotry

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-l-o-r-t-y-z"

-2 letters: azerty, elytra, lyrate, realty, zealot.

-3 letters: alert, alter, artel, azole, azote, early, later, layer, leary, lyart, oater, orate, ratel, relay, royal, taler, teary, tolar, toyer, zlote, zloty, zoeal.

-4 letters: aero, aery, aloe, alto, arty, aryl, earl, eyra, late, laze, lazy, lear, lore, lory, lota, lyre, olea, oral, orle, oyer, oyez, rale, rate, rato.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-l-o-r-t-y-z"
 

+2 letters: pyrolyzate.

 

+3 letters: hydrolyzate, pyrolyzates.

 

+4 letters: hydrolyzates.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Usage Frequency
6. Translations: Modern
7. Derivations
8. Rhymes
9. Anagrams
10. Bibliography


  

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