zealot

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Quotations 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations

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[edit] Etymology

First coined in English in 1638, from Ancient Greek ζηλωτής (zēlōtēs), “‘emulator, zealous admirer, follower’”) < ζήλος (zēlos), “‘zeal, jealousy’”) < ζηλόω (zēloō), “‘to emulate, to be jealous’”).

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• IPA: /ˈzɛl.ət/, SAMPA: /"zEl.@t/

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zealot (plural zealots)

1. one who is zealous, one who is full of zeal for his own specific beliefs or objectives, usually in the negative sense of being too passionate; a fanatic
2. originally a member of the Zealot movement of first century Judaism

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• 1733: For modes of faith, let graceless zealots fight; / His can't be wrong whose life is in the right — Alexander Pope, Essay on Man, Epistle III, 1733

[edit] Related terms

• jealous
• jealousy
• zeal
• zealotry
• zealous

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