Read full poem →from Dizie, The Strength of Gideon; novels, The Un-
called, The Fanatics, The Love of Landry, The Sport of
the Gods.
Dictionary Entry
A person who is zealously enthusiastic for some cause, especially in religion.
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. fanaticsfanatics religious
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Poetry examples for “fanatics”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →McKinley and Lincoln, for, it is but a difference
of degree between fanatics and partisans. (Ap-
plause) The Congress, during all this period,
Read full poem →ears, and procured those who affected it the nick-name of prick-eared
fanatics, and the still better known appellation of Round-heads. Our
author proceeds, with great bitterness, to investigate the origin
Read full poem →And on the private spirit alone rely,
You turn fanatics in your poetry.
If, notwithstanding all that we can say,
Read full poem →Pierced with Mammon's spears.
All but a few fanatics
Give up their darling goal,