Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The character or conduct of a zealot.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The character or conduct of a zealot; zealotry.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The character or conduct of a zealot; zealotry.

Etymologies

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zealot +‎ -ism

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Examples

  • June 17th, 2009 10: 49 am ET what communications director writes like this? it's a really confusing read. seems typical for a hardcore republican tho ... loaded to the gills with zealotism but doesn't have much else (including education, apparently).

    GOP seeks to counter ABC programming 2009

  • The sentiments thus strongly expressed impart a certain zealotism to their feelings, which constitutes a strong link with the

    Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker Catherine Radziwill 1899

  • I don't consider myself a fanboy, my opinions about games and consoles are not supported on some stupid brand based zealotism.

    PrintScreen - Capturing the buzz 2009

  • #28 – The “righteous right” will never wake up because it would mean that they’d see their own level of hypocrisy in it all…..just like Dubya….it’s a form of madness….in this case, religious zealotism or fanaticism.

    Think Progress » Gay marriage ban dropped. 2007

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