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fanatical

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fa·nat·i·cal  (f-nt-kl)
adj.
Possessed with or motivated by excessive, irrational zeal.
fa·nati·cal·ly adv.
fa·nati·cal·ness n.
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Adj.1.fanatical - marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea; "rabid isolationist"
fanatic, overzealous, rabid
passionate - having or expressing strong emotions
fanatical
adjective obsessive, burning, wild, mad, extreme, enthusiastic, passionate, frenzied, visionary, fervent, zealous, bigoted, rabid, immoderate, overenthusiastic
Translations
Spanish fanatical [fəˈnætɪkəl] adj → fanático
French fanatical [fəˈnætɪkl] adj → fanatique
German fanatical [fəˈnætɪkl] fanatic adj → fanatisch
Italian fanatical [fəˈnætɪkl] adj → fanatico/a
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And though thou wert of the race of the hot-tempered, or of the voluptuous, or of the fanatical, or the vindictive;
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All this portion of Bundelcund, which is little frequented by travellers, is inhabited by a fanatical population, hardened in the most horrible practices of the Hindoo faith.
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It seizes with avidity upon any incidents, surprising or mysterious, in the career of those who have at all distinguished themselves from their fellows, and invents a legend to which it then attaches a fanatical belief.
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