a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause); "A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject"--Winston Churchill
If you say that someone is a fanatic, you mean that they are very enthusiastic about a particular activity, sport, or way of life. Both Rod and Phil are football fanatics. = enthusiast
Pertaining to, or indicating, fanaticism; extravagant in opinions; ultra; unreasonable; excessively enthusiastic, especially on religious subjects; as, fanatic zeal; fanatic notions
A person affected by excessive enthusiasm, particularly on religious subjects; one who indulges wild and extravagant notions of religion
marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea; "rabid isolationist"
disapproval If you describe someone as a fanatic, you disapprove of them because you consider their behaviour or opinions to be very extreme, for example in the way they support particular religious or political ideas. I am not a religious fanatic but I am a Christian. = extremist
Taft had become very conservative. - Taft çok tutucu olmuştu.
His novel ideas are time and again getting him into trouble with his more conservative colleagues. - Onun özgün fikirleri daha tutucu arkadaşlarıyla başını defalarca belaya soktu.
Mevcut toplumsal düzeni, düşünceleri ve kurumları değiştirmeden, olduğu gibi korumak isteyen kimse, muhafazakâr: "Bu tutucu yani, her fıkrasında, her yazısında belli olur."- H. Taner
Mevcut toplumsal düzeni, düşünceleri ve kurumları değiştirmeden olduğu gibi korumak isteyen kimse, muhafazakâr: "Bu tutucu yanı, her fıkrasında, her yazısında belli olur."- H. Taner