A person who holds extreme or fanatical political or religious views, especially one who resorts to or advocates extreme action.
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Examples for "fanatic "
Examples for "fanatic "
1 You see, I was no longer a pro; I was a fanatic .
2 In religion he was a fanatic ; he was a demented fanatic now.
3 That's exactly what New York collector and Ferrari fanatic Peter Kalikow did.
4 The guiding spirit of that group was a fanatic of social revolution.
5 By any reasonable definition of the word, that made him a fanatic .
1 The extremist group, Islamic State, has said it was behind both attacks.
2 South Africa has not been a target of extremist attacks so far.
3 She said it was hard to pin point people with extremist views.
4 A Sunni extremist group, the al-Qaeda-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq, was blamed.
5 Bizarrely, far right extremist Neil Erikson was reportedly marched away by police.
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