Fanaticism

The Fanatics of Tangier by Eugène Delacroix, Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Fanaticism (from the Latin adverb fānāticē [fren-fānāticus; enthusiastic, ecstatic; raging, fanatical, furious][1]) is a belief or behavior involving uncritical zeal or an obsessive enthusiasm.

  1. ^ "THE MANY FACES OF FANATICISM" (PDF).