Associations to the word «Fanatic»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
FANATIC, adjective. Fanatical.
FANATIC, adjective. (obsolete) Showing evidence of possession by a god or demon; frenzied, overzealous.
FANATIC, noun. A person who is zealously enthusiastic for some cause, especially in religion.
Dictionary definition
FANATIC, noun. A person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause); "A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject"--Winston Churchill.
FANATIC, adjective. Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea; "rabid isolationist".
Wise words
Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could
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sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had
this power.