Associations to the word «Fanatic»

Wiktionary

FANATIC, adjective. Fanatical.
FANATIC, adjective. (obsolete) Showing evidence of possession by a god or demon; frenzied, overzealous.
FANATIC, noun. A person who is zealously enthusiastic for some cause, especially in religion.

Dictionary definition

FANATIC, 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.
FANATIC, adjective. Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea; "rabid isolationist".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats