zealotry

zealotry
Synonyms and related words:
bibliolatry, bigotry, charismatic gift, charismatic movement, charismatic renewal, excessiveness, extravagance, extremeness, extremism, fanaticalness, fanaticism, fervor, frenzy, fury, gift of tongues, glossolalia, hysteria, infatuation, mania, monomania, obsession, obsessiveness, overambitiousness, overanxiety, overanxiousness, overdevoutness, overeagerness, overenthusiasm, overpiousness, overreaction, overreligiousness, overrighteousness, overzealousness, pentecostalism, perfervidness, rabidness, radicalism, revival, revivalism, sanctimony, single-mindedness, terrorism, ultrazealousness, zeal, zealotism, zealousness

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  • Zealotry — eal ot*ry, n. The character and behavior of a zealot; excess of zeal; fanatical devotion to a cause. [1913 Webster] Enthusiasm, visionariness, seems the tendency of the German; zeal, zealotry, of the English; fanaticism, of the French. Coleridge …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • zealotry — index resolution (decision) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • zealotry — (n.) 1650s, from ZEALOT (Cf. zealot) + RY (Cf. ry) …   Etymology dictionary

  • Zealotry — Zealot redirects here. For other uses, see Zealot (disambiguation). Zealotry was originally a political movement in 1st century Second Temple Judaism which sought to incite the people of Iudaea Province to rebel against the Roman Empire and expel …   Wikipedia

  • zealotry — zealot ► NOUN 1) a fanatical and uncompromising follower of a religion or policy. 2) (Zealot) a member of an ancient Jewish sect aiming at a world Jewish theocracy and resisting the Romans until AD 70. DERIVATIVES zealotry noun …   English terms dictionary

  • zealotry — noun (plural ries) Date: 1656 excess of zeal ; fanatical devotion …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • zealotry — /zel euh tree/, n. undue or excessive zeal; fanaticism. [1650 60; ZEALOT + RY] * * * …   Universalium

  • zealotry — noun /ˈzɛlətri/ Something characteristic of a zealot; excessive zeal; fanaticism. See Also: zealot, zealous, zealousness …   Wiktionary

  • zealotry — zeal·ot·ry || zɪːlÉ™trɪ n. fanaticism, extreme fanaticism, fanatic zeal …   English contemporary dictionary

  • zealotry — n 1. fanaticism, single mindedness, obsession, monomania; feverishness, passion, frenzy, hysteria, insanity. 2. dogmatism, bigotry, intolerance, close mindedness, narrow mindedness; prejudice, bias, partiality …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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