as in partisan
one who is intensely or excessively devoted to a cause
zealots on both sides of the issue resorted to name-calling and scare tactics
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Recent Examples of zealot
In this wintry offering, two strangers break into a house to escape a Christmas blizzard and encounter an overprotective mother and otherworldly daughter who give Stephen King’s Carrie and her zealot mom a run for their money.
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Brooke Knisley, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
As much or more than anyone else, tech zealots who made their fortunes in the industry have to answer for our political climate of brazen corruption and cheap, viral, reactionary hate.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 22 Jan. 2025
The Man Behind Congestion Pricing: Charging drivers to enter Lower Manhattan vindicates the lifelong mission of William Vickrey, a Nobel laureate and optimization zealot.
—Luis Ferré-Sadurní, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Absolute Dominion takes place In the year 2063 AD, when the world faces catastrophe as zealots and extremists wage a global holy war in the name of spiritual superiority.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 13 Jan. 2025
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Brooke Knisley, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
As much or more than anyone else, tech zealots who made their fortunes in the industry have to answer for our political climate of brazen corruption and cheap, viral, reactionary hate.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 22 Jan. 2025
The Man Behind Congestion Pricing: Charging drivers to enter Lower Manhattan vindicates the lifelong mission of William Vickrey, a Nobel laureate and optimization zealot.
—Luis Ferré-Sadurní, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Absolute Dominion takes place In the year 2063 AD, when the world faces catastrophe as zealots and extremists wage a global holy war in the name of spiritual superiority.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 13 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for zealot
Noun
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Democrats have no more claim to Latino identity than Republicans, and the idea that putting partisans from both camps under the same ethnic tent might bring about commonality on hot-button issues such as reproductive rights or mass deportations is nonsense.—
Mike Madrid,
The Mercury News,
7 Mar. 2025
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As the Germans waged a savage war against Soviet partisans, the partisans, in turn, established their own reign of terror over collaborators and seized scarce food supplies from local villagers.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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A number of fans seem to believe that the shift can be attributed to his portrayal of Gotham City's caped crusader in Matt Reeves' 2022 reboot of the DC character.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
18 Feb. 2025
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Later, Christian crusaders built citadels along the coast that went on to be repurposed by Muslim Ottoman rulers.—
Daniele Hamamdjian,
NBC News,
17 Nov. 2024
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Chinese Communist Party leaders have accused the NED of trying to destabilize the country by supporting Tibetan, Uyghur and Hong Kong human rights activists.—
Frank Langfitt,
NPR,
6 Mar. 2025
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Bode, the disability rights activist who became the first wheelchair user to play the role of Nessarose in Wicked in Jon M. Chu’s film, will receive the NYWIFT Loreen Arbus Changemaker Award.—
Hilary Lewis,
The Hollywood Reporter,
6 Mar. 2025
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But there’s light Springsteen fanatics, medium Springsteen fanatics, and truly hardcore Springsteen fanatics.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
24 Jan. 2025
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Lifelong Knick fanatic here who refuses to warm to this team after our management utterly mortgaged the team's future via its absurd overpay of 4 unprotected #1s (plus a 2028 swap, plus the Bucks #1 in 2025), years in advance, for a very good, but hardly franchise-worthy, player.—
James L. Edwards III,
The Athletic,
14 Jan. 2025
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“Zealot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zealot. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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