All 3 Uses of
fanatic
in
Man And Superman
- : they are anarchical, and cannot balance their exposures of Angelo and Dogberry, Sir Leicester Dedlock and Mr Tite Barnacle, with any portrait of a prophet or a worthy leader: they have no constructive ideas: they regard those who have them as dangerous fanatics: in all their fictions there is no leading thought or inspiration for which any man could conceivably risk the spoiling of his hat in a shower, much less his life.†
Chpt Ded.
- He may be abject as a citizen; but he is dangerous as a fanatic.†
Chpt 3 *
- Oh, the latest fashion among the Life Force fanatics.†
Chpt 3
Definition:
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(fanatic) a person motivated by extreme enthusiasm (as for a cause) -- sometimes to a fault
or:
extremely enthusiastic -- sometimes to a fault