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*2. The tendency to indulge in wild and extravagant notions, esp. in [[religious]] matters; excessive [[enthusiasm]], frenzy; an instance, a particular form, of this.

*2. The tendency to indulge in wild and extravagant notions, esp. in [[religious]] matters; excessive [[enthusiasm]], frenzy; an instance, a particular form, of this.

:a. A fanatic [[person]]; a [[vision]]ary; an unreasoning enthusiast. Applied in the latter half of the 17th c. to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonconformism Nonconformists] as a hostile epithet.

:a. A fanatic [[person]]; a [[vision]]ary; an unreasoning enthusiast. Applied in the latter half of the 17th c. to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonconformism Nonconformists] as a hostile epithet.

:b. In a weaker sense: Eagerness or enthusiasm in any pursuit.

:b. In a weaker sense: Eagerness or enthusiasm in any pursuit.

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==Quote==

==Quote==

The life [[purpose]] must be jealously guarded from the temptation to seek for easy and transient attainment; likewise must it be so fostered as to become immune to the disastrous threats of '''fanaticism'''.[http://urantia.org/cgi-bin/webglimpse/mfs/usr/local/www/data/papers?link=http://mercy.urantia.org/papers/paper160.html&file=/usr/local/www/data/papers/paper160.html&line=90#mfs]  

The life [[purpose]] must be jealously guarded from the temptation to seek for easy and transient attainment; likewise must it be so fostered as to become immune to the disastrous threats of fanaticism. ([[160:3|160:3.5]])

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