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==Origins==
ad. L. fanatic-us, f. fanum temple: see -ATIC. Cf. Fr. fanatique.
==Definitions==
*1. The condition of being, or supposing oneself to be, [[possessed]]. Obs.
*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 Nonconformists as a hostile epithet.
:b. In a weaker sense: Eagerness or enthusiasm in any pursuit.
[[Category: General Reference]]
==Origins==
ad. L. fanatic-us, f. fanum temple: see -ATIC. Cf. Fr. fanatique.
==Definitions==
*1. The condition of being, or supposing oneself to be, [[possessed]]. Obs.
*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 Nonconformists as a hostile epithet.
:b. In a weaker sense: Eagerness or enthusiasm in any pursuit.
[[Category: General Reference]]
