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fanatique — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • diehard adj Unreasonably or stubbornly resisting change.
  • fanatic noun Someone with extreme, unshakeable enthusiasm for a cause, belief, or hobby.
  • fanatical adjective Showing extreme, often unreasonable enthusiasm or devotion.
  • freak noun A person, animal, or thing that is highly unusual or abnormal.
  • zealot noun Someone so committed to a cause or belief that they pursue it with extreme, often unreasonable intensity.

Senses

fanatique is used for these senses in English:

  • diehard Complete; having no opposite opinion of anything in a particular topic of one's values; thorough of in one's beliefs.
  • fanatic Fanatical.
  • fanatic A person who is zealously enthusiastic for some cause.
  • fanatical Having an extreme, irrational zeal or enthusiasm for a specific cause.
  • freak An enthusiast, or person who has an obsession with, or extreme knowledge of, something.
  • 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.

diehard — full definition

  1. adj Unreasonably or stubbornly resisting change.
  2. adj Fanatically opposing progress or reform.
  3. adj Complete; having no opposite opinion of anything in a particular topic of one's values; thorough of in one's beliefs.
  4. adj Strongly or fanatically determined or devoted.

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