Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To make fanatical.
- intransitive verb To behave as a fanatic.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To make fanatical.
- To play the fanatic.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To cause to become a fanatic.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To make into a
fanatic - verb To cause to be
fanatical
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word fanaticize.
Examples
-
Players fanaticize about what it's like to be a rock star and they present to actually play the songs.
-
Neither had any comments on the girls other then that they tended to retire to their rooms and read or fanaticize.
Think Progress » ABA On Bush Nominee: ‘Insulated,’ ‘Very Stubborn,’ and ‘Sanctimonious’ 2006
-
"But it is wrong to link in some way the internal corporate processes of Ekho Moskvy with criticism of Putin or fanaticize about the possibility of it being taken over."
NYT > Home Page By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ 2012
-
"But it is wrong to link in some way the internal corporate processes of Ekho Moskvy with criticism of Putin or fanaticize about the possibility of it being taken over."
NYT > Home Page By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ 2012
-
If indeed that is the case, how many other souls has al-Awlaki been able to fanaticize?
-
As a young girl, I would fanaticize of romantic getaways, travel, with a male partner.
unknown title 2009
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.