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fanatism
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun fanatism has 1 sense
- fanatism(n = noun.cognition) fanaticism, zealotry - excessive intolerance of opposing views; Array is a kind of intolerance
Derived form adjective fanatic1
CIDE DICTIONARY
fanatism, n. [Cf. F. fanatisme. Cf. Fanaticism.].
Fanaticism. Gibbon. [1913 Webster]
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