Fanaticism
Antonyms of FANATICISM
- free-thinking, timidity, impartiality, fairness, calculation, deadness, dislike, justice, policy, lukewarmness, caution, calmness, peace, irresolution, doubt, coldness, dulness, wariness, indifference, peacefulness, prudence, Latitudinarianism, apathy, disinterest, unenthusiasm, cynicism.
Examples of usage:
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By degrees his fanaticism worked in him the philosophy which De Montaigne would have derived from sober calculation; it made him indifferent to the thorns in the path, to the storms in the sky. "Ernest Maltravers, Complete" by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
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At Wittenberg the opposition to Luther and his teaching bordered on fanaticism. "Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church" by Friedrich Bente
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Fanatics they certainly were not, if fanaticism consists in show, without corresponding substance. "Project Gutenberg History of The Netherlands, 1555-1623, Complete" by John Lothrop Motley
