zealotry
[zel-uh-tree]
- undue or excessive zeal; fanaticism.
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Origin of zealotry
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Contemporary Examples
But Homeland is also a highly provocative drama, fueled by paranoia, patriotism, zealotry, and madness.
Exempli gratia: They put their zealotry above their survival.
Buzz Bissinger says the trial is a travesty, fueled by Bonds' unpopularity and one man's zealotry.
That said, cyclists do pursue a form of zealotry of their own.
Ellroy pauses at every marker, examining the intoxications of zealotry, but ultimately casts them all aside.
Historical Examples
Those cursed Jesuits, zealous with the zealotry of a new order!
Dreamers of the GhettoI. Zangwill
He snorted aloud with zealotry and the lust for intellectual battle.
Essays of TravelRobert Louis Stevenson
This faction was as blind in its zealotry in favor of Johnston, as in its prejudice against Davis.
The Life of Jefferson DavisFrank H. Alfriend
zealotry
- extreme or excessive zeal or devotion
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Word Origin and History for zealotry
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