Enthusiast
[ɪn'θjuːzɪæst;en-] or [ɪn'θuzɪæst]
Definition
(noun.) an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity.
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Definition
(n.) One moved or actuated by enthusiasm; as: (a) One who imagines himself divinely inspired, or possessed of some special revelation; a religious madman; a fanatic. (b) One whose mind is wholly possessed and heated by what engages it; one who is influenced by a peculiar; fervor of mind; an ardent and imaginative person.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Fanatic, devotee, bigot, zealot, religious madman.[2]. Zealot, visionary, dreamer, castle-builder.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
One who preaches four times as much as he believes and believes four times as much as a sane man ought to.
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Examples
- A pilgrim--the Enthusiast--said: See that tall, graceful girl! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- O--ah--Gad--yes, so do I exactly, Miss Sharp, the other enthusiast replied. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He's an enthusiast about ideas, and careless about outward things. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Goethe was among the enthusiasts, and philosophers like Schelling, un der the spell of the new science, almost deified the physical universe. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Such enthusiasts postulate a uniformity of human ability which every fact of life contradicts. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The most visionary enthusiasts would scarce be capable of proposing such a measure, with any serious hopes at least of its ever being adopted. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Even then for many enthusiasts the comparison is misleading. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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