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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.
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: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.
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: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.
    
:b. In a weaker sense: Eagerness or enthusiasm in any pursuit.
 
:b. In a weaker sense: Eagerness or enthusiasm in any pursuit.
    
[[Category: General Reference]]
 
[[Category: General Reference]]

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