Kanika Dhillon

If my stories make people uncomfortable, because it questions your set ideas and value systems that are convenient for a group of people or ideas that promote patriarchy and religious fanaticism, then my job as an artiste and a writer is done. The more you will cry foul, the louder my characters will speak.

Indian Author

John C. Calhoun

Fanatics, as a class, have far more zeal than intellect and are fanatics only because they have. There can be no fanaticism but where there is more passion than reason; and hence, in the nature of things, movements originating in it run down in a short time by their folly and extravagance.

American Statesman

Cynthia Ozick

I think about fanaticism - oblivion awaits, especially for minor writers, so you have to be a fanatic; you have to be a crank to keep going, but on the other hand, what else would you do with the rest of your life? You gotta do something.

American Novelist

Jameela Jamil

People are so passionate about their favourite artists making it to number 1, it almost reminds me of football fanaticism. Nowadays, it's 'One Direction' vs 'The Wanted.' Back in my day, it was 'Oasis' vs 'Blur'.

English Celebrity

Arthur Miller

The closer a man approaches tragedy the more intense is his concentration of emotion upon the fixed point of his commitment, which is to say the closer he approaches what in life we call fanaticism.

American Playwright

Jack Kevorkian

Am I a criminal? The world knows I'm not a criminal. What are they trying to put me in jail for? You've lost common sense in this society because of religious fanaticism and dogma.

American Activist

Carl Sagan

A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism.

American Scientist

Douglas Murray

Fanaticism is at its very strongest when it has political or, better still, religious motivation.

George Santayana

Fanaticism consists of redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim.

Spanish Philosopher

Edward Gibbon

Fanaticism obliterates the feelings of humanity.

English Historian

Fanaticism often implies harmful or extreme behavior, not just strong interest.

Negative Connotation

'Fanaticism' goes beyond being a fan; it involves excessive zeal.

Beyond Passion

Commonly used with 'religious' or 'political' to describe extreme beliefs in these areas.

Common Collocations

Focuses on a person's inability to accept differing views, rather than just strong interest.

Intolerance Aspect

Fanaticism can cause social or interpersonal division by rejecting opposing perspectives.

Creates Division

Understand the difference between positive enthusiasm and negative fanaticism.

Versus Enthusiasm

 He used to say we are all going to be walking on moving sands. And if that's the case, I think, it should concern us women more than men, because when societies slide backwards into authoritarianism, nationalism or religious fanaticism,