If you’re apt to come off as a little zany and express extreme enthusiasm for a particular idea or thing, you may be described as a fanatic. "She’s a real vegetable fanatic; I’ve never seen someone so enthusiastic about gardening methods.
Pertaining to, or indicating, fanaticism; extravagant in opinions; ultra; unreasonable; excessively enthusiastic, especially on religious subjects;
Noun
a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause); "A fanatic is one who can''t change his mind and won''t change the subject"--Winston Churchill
Adjective S.
marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea; "rabid isolationist"
a.
Pertaining to, or indicating, fanaticism; extravagant in
opinions; ultra; unreasonable; excessively enthusiastic, especially on
religious subjects; as, fanatic zeal; fanatic notions.
n.
A person affected by excessive enthusiasm, particularly on
religious subjects; one who indulges wild and extravagant notions of
religion.
Fanatic
But Faith, fanatic Faith, once wedded fast To some dear falsehood, hugs it to the last.
Fanatic
There is a new word, coined within few months, called fanatics, which, by the close stickling thereof, seemeth well cut out and proportioned to signify what is meant thereby, even the sectaries of our age.
Fanatics are governed rather by imagination than by judgment.
Pertaining to, or indicating, fanaticism; extravagant in opinions; ultra; unreasonable; excessively enthusiastic, especially on religious subjects;
A person affected by excessive enthusiasm, particularly on religious subjects; one who indulges wild and extravagant notions of religion.
Usage Examples
I'm a car fanatic and each morning I wake up with a smile on my face, whether I'm commentating on the Formula One or at Silver Hatch racetrack in Roary the Racing Car.
A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.
The downright fanatic is nearer to the heart of things than the cool and slippery disputant.
I grew up with baseball I played in Little League and went to games with my dad. But I, as I grew up, became more of a basketball fanatic than a baseball one.
In other words, a person who is fanatic in matters of religion, and clings to certain ideas about the nature of God and the universe, becomes a person who has no faith at all.
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Other Usage ExamplesOverall, I think I'm in pretty good shape, but I'm not really someone that is gung-ho or a fitness fanatic.
My mother was a P.E. teacher, and she was kind of a fanatic about fitness and nutrition growing up, so it was ingrained in me at a young age. As I get older, I'm finding out it's not about getting all buffed up and looking good. It's more about staying healthy and flexible.
I became a fanatic about healthy food in 1944.
Out of Ireland have we come, great hatred, little room, maimed us at the start. I carry from my mother's womb a fanatic heart.
I am a sports fanatic and being able to perform at halftime for the fans of the Steelers and the Jets is such a thrill for me.
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