All fanaticism synonyms

noun fanaticism

• intolerance — lack of tolerance; unwillingness or refusal to tolerate or respect opinions or beliefs contrary to one's own.
• zeal — fervor for a person, cause, or object; eager desire or endeavor; enthusiastic diligence; ardor.
• bigotry — Bigotry is the possession or expression of strong, unreasonable prejudices or opinions.
• hatred — the feeling of one who hates; intense dislike or extreme aversion or hostility.
• zealotry — undue or excessive zeal; fanaticism.
• madness — the state of being mad; insanity.
• abandonment — The abandonment of a place, thing, or person is the act of leaving it permanently or for a long time, especially when you should not do so.
• dogma — an official system of principles or tenets concerning faith, morals, behavior, etc., as of a church. Synonyms: doctrine, teachings, set of beliefs, philosophy.
• unruliness — not submissive or conforming to rule; ungovernable; turbulent; intractable; refractory; lawless: an unruly class; an unruly wilderness.
• bias — Bias is a tendency to prefer one person or thing to another, and to favour that person or thing.
• infatuation — the state of being infatuated.
• transport — to carry, move, or convey from one place to another.
• stubbornness — unreasonably obstinate; obstinately unmoving: a stubborn child.
• obstinacy — the quality or state of being obstinate; stubbornness.
• passion — any powerful or compelling emotion or feeling, as love or hate.
• injustice — the quality or fact of being unjust; inequity.
• tenacity — the quality of being tenacious, or of holding fast; persistence: the amazing tenacity of rumors.
• partisanship — an adherent or supporter of a person, group, party, or cause, especially a person who shows a biased, emotional allegiance.
• faction — a form of writing or filmmaking that treats real people or events as if they were fictional or uses them as an integral part of a fictional account.
• partiality — the state or character of being partial.
• frenzy — extreme mental agitation; wild excitement or derangement.
• dedication — A dedication is a message which is written at the beginning of a book, or a short announcement which is sometimes made before a play or piece of music is performed, as a sign of affection or respect for someone.
• superstition — a belief or notion, not based on reason or knowledge, in or of the ominous significance of a particular thing, circumstance, occurrence, proceeding, or the like.
• contumacy — obstinate and wilful rebelliousness or resistance to authority; insubordination; disobedience
• rage — angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination): a speech full of rage; incidents of road rage.
• violence — swift and intense force: the violence of a storm.
• prejudice — an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason.
• unfairness — not fair; not conforming to approved standards, as of justice, honesty, or ethics: an unfair law; an unfair wage policy.
• devotion — Devotion is great love, affection, or admiration for someone.
• immoderation — lack of moderation.
• arbitrariness — subject to individual will or judgment without restriction; contingent solely upon one's discretion: an arbitrary decision.
• obsessiveness — being, pertaining to, or resembling an obsession: an obsessive fear of illness.
• monomania — (no longer in technical use) a psychosis characterized by thoughts confined to one idea or group of ideas.
• single-minded — having or showing a single aim or purpose: a single-minded program.
• illiberality — narrowminded; bigoted.
• willfulness — deliberate, voluntary, or intentional: The coroner ruled the death willful murder.
• extremism — The holding of extreme political or religious views; fanaticism.
• radicalism — the holding or following of radical or extreme views or principles.
• keenness — finely sharpened, as an edge; so shaped as to cut or pierce substances readily: a keen razor.
• fervor — great warmth and earnestness of feeling: to speak with great fervor.
• fervour — great warmth and earnestness of feeling: to speak with great fervor.
• overenthusiasm — absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit; lively interest: He shows marked enthusiasm for his studies.
• enthusiasm — Intense and eager enjoyment, interest, or approval.
• unreasonableness — not reasonable or rational; acting at variance with or contrary to reason; not guided by reason or sound judgment; irrational: an unreasonable person.
• incorrigibility — not corrigible; bad beyond correction or reform: incorrigible behavior; an incorrigible liar.