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fanático — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • addict noun A person who is dependent on a harmful substance and cannot easily stop using it.
  • bigot noun Someone who clings stubbornly to their own views and won't tolerate people of a different race, religion, gender, or opinion.
  • fanatic noun Someone with extreme, unshakeable enthusiasm for a cause, belief, or hobby.
  • fanatical adjective Showing extreme, often unreasonable enthusiasm or devotion.
  • zealot noun Someone so committed to a cause or belief that they pursue it with extreme, often unreasonable intensity.

Senses

fanático is used for these senses in English:

  • addict An adherent or fan (of something).
  • bigot One who is narrow-mindedly devoted to their own ideas and groups, and intolerant of (people of) differing ideas, races, genders, religions, politics, etc.
  • dyed-in-the-wool (idiomatic, figuratively, of a person) Firmly established in one's beliefs or habits; having a specified characteristic, identity, etc. deeply ingrained in one's nature.
  • fanatic Fanatical.
  • fanatic A person who is zealously enthusiastic for some cause.
  • fanatical Having an extreme, irrational zeal or enthusiasm for a specific cause.
  • fanboy (fandom, often, derogatory) A male fan who is obsessive about a particular subject (especially, something or someone in popular entertainment media).
  • 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.

addict — full definition

  1. noun A person who is dependent on a harmful substance and cannot easily stop using it.
  2. noun (informal) A person with a strong enthusiasm for something.
  3. verb To cause someone to become dependent on something, or to become dependent oneself.
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