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kiihkoilija — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • evangelist noun A person who preaches the Christian gospel, especially one who travels to hold public meetings and win converts.
  • fanatic noun Someone with extreme, unshakeable enthusiasm for a cause, belief, or hobby.
  • maniac noun An insane person, especially one who suffers from a mania.
  • zealot noun Someone so committed to a cause or belief that they pursue it with extreme, often unreasonable intensity.

Senses

kiihkoilija is used for these senses in English:

  • energumen A frantic and hysterical person.
  • evangelist (by extension) A person marked by extreme enthusiasm for or support of any cause, particularly with regard to religion.
  • fanatic A person who is zealously enthusiastic for some cause.
  • maniac (figurative) A fanatic, a person with an obsession.
  • zealot One who is zealous, one who is full of zeal for their own specific beliefs or objectives, usually in the negative sense of being too passionate; a fanatic.

evangelist — full definition

  1. noun A person who preaches the Christian gospel, especially one who travels to hold public meetings and win converts.
  2. noun An enthusiastic advocate who works to persuade others to adopt a product, idea or technology.
  3. noun Any of the four writers traditionally credited with the New Testament gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

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