English
Sports 'fans' or fanatics
Etymology
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First attested in 1525. From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin fānāticus (“of a temple, divinely inspired, frenzied”), from fānum (“temple”). Influenced by French fanatique.
Pronunciation
Adjective
fanatic (comparative more fanatic, superlative most fanatic)
- Fanatical.
- T. Moore
- But Faith, fanatic Faith, once wedded fast / To some dear falsehood, hugs it to the last.
- (obsolete) Showing evidence of possession by a god or demon; frenzied, overzealous.
Translations
fanatical
- Afrikaans: fanatikus (af)
- Arabic: متعصب
- Bulgarian: фанатичен (bg) (fanatičen)
- Catalan: fanàtic (ca)
- Danish: fanatisk
- Finnish: kiihkomielinen, fanaattinen (fi), kiihkeä (fi)
- French: fanatique (fr)
- German: fanatisch (de)
- Greek: φανατικός (el) m (fanatikós)
- Hungarian: fanatikus (hu)
- Italian: fanatico (it), maniaco (it), patito (it), seguace (it)
- Macedonian: фанатичен (fanatičen)
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- Maori: manawawera, ngākau whiwhita
- Persian: فناتیک (fa) (fanâtik)
- Polish: fanatyczny (pl) m
- Portuguese: fanático (pt)
- Russian: фанати́чный (ru) (fanatíčnyj)
- Serbo-Croatian: фанатичан m, фанатична f, фанатичне f pl, фанатично n, фанатична n pl, фанатични m pl
- Slovak: fanatický
- Spanish: fanático (es)
- Turkish: bağnaz (tr), fanatik (tr)
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showing evidence of possession by a god or demon
Noun
fanatic (plural fanatics)
- A person who is zealously enthusiastic for some cause, especially in religion.
Translations
one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Bulgarian: фанатик (bg) m (fanatik)
- Catalan: fanàtic (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 拥趸 (zh) (yōngdǔn)
- Czech: fanatik m, fanatička f
- Danish: fanatiker c
- Finnish: kiihkoilija (fi), fanaatikko (fi)
- French: fanatique (fr) m or f
- German: Fanatiker (de) m, Fanatikerin (de) f
- Hungarian: fanatikus (hu)
- Italian: fanatico (it) m, fanatica f, patito (it) m, patita (it) f, maniaco (it) m, maniaca (it) f, seguace (it) m or f
- Macedonian: фана́тик m (fanátik)
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- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: fanatiker m
- Nynorsk: fanatikar m
- Persian: فناتیک (fa) (fanâtik)
- Polish: fanatyk (pl) m, fanatyczka (pl) f
- Portuguese: fanático (pt) m, fanática f
- Russian: фана́тик (ru) m (fanátik), фанати́чка (ru) f (fanatíčka)
- Slovak: fanatik (sk) m, fanatička (sk) f
- Spanish: fanático (es) m
- Swedish: fanatiker (sv) c
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See also
Quotations
- A zealot can't change his mind. A fanatic can't change his mind and won't change the subject. —Winston Churchill (attributed)
- A fanatic is one who redoubles his effort when he has forgotten his aim. —George Santayana
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