Synonyms for fanaticism
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
The characteristic or practice of being a fanatic.
Forms
- Plural
- fanaticisms → zealotries, enthusiasms, intolerances, bigotries…
Choose the right word
Bigotry is narrow, fanaticism is fierce, superstition is ignorant, credulity is weak, intolerance is severe. Bigotry has not the capacity to reason fairly, fanaticism has not the patience, superstition has not the knowledge and mental discipline, intolerance has not the disposition.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- enthusiasm He destroyed all of my enthusiasm to learn Berber.
- intolerance Laws are the codified intolerance of the majority.
- frenzy There was no cowing him when the frenzy was on him.
- bigotry It feels like Islamophobia is an acceptable form of bigotry.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| fanaticism | steady | |
| zealotry | rising | |
| enthusiasm | steady | |
| intolerance | rising | |
| frenzy | rising | |
| bigotry | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- verve1
- 6 letters
- frenzy2
- 7 letters
- bigotry3
- 8 letters
- zealotry3, fanatism
- 10 letters
- enthusiasm5
- 11 letters
- intolerance4, religionism
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (frenzy2 = 2 syllables).