What's the difference between fanaticism and interest?

Fanaticism


Definition:

  • (n.) Excessive enthusiasm, unreasoning zeal, or wild and extravagant notions, on any subject, especially religion; religious frenzy.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Remember that the dark forces of fear and fanaticism never die.
  • (2) Was justice itself falling prey to the menacing mood of rightwing fanaticism that has pervaded the country with the inexorable rise of neo-Nazi Golden Dawn?
  • (3) Congress party president Sonia Gandhi , whose daughter Priyanka and son Rahul are also on the campaign trail, told voters on Wednesday that Modi represented a "dangerous combination of religious fanaticism, power and money".
  • (4) The Indian position has been that any attempt to reconcile with militants is doomed to failure and risks plunging Afghanistan into anarchy and fanaticism from which Pakistan stands to benefit.
  • (5) Among other things, the novels work as a meditation on America's Calvinist conscience, its strengths and blindnesses, and the way that it moved from fanaticism to smugness in the century after the civil war.
  • (6) Just marvel at the visceral and psychologically revealing language that Sullivan, after ennobling western violence, uses for the London attack [his emphasis]: "terrorism in its most animal-like form, created and sustained entirely by religious fanaticism which would find any excuse to murder, destroy and oppress Muslims and non-Muslims in the name of God."
  • (7) In an atmosphere of “coercion, fear and fanaticism”, blackmail, theft and smuggling have supported the continuation of armed conflict so that the Syrian economy has become “a black hole” absorbing “domestic and external resources”.Oil production continues to be an “important financial resource” for Isis and other armed groups, it says.
  • (8) So he positively enjoyed draping what is, in fact, a chilling allegory of paternal possessiveness and pseudo-scientific fanaticism, in the gaudy fabric of a "romance", just as the author pretends, in his pseudo-preface, to have discovered it among the works of "M de l'Aubépine" (French for "haw-thorn").
  • (9) But the events in Iran are a stark reminder of the glowering presence of religion on the world stage, not just in the form of al-Qaida-style fanaticism.
  • (10) Two years ago, I pleaded with Xulhaz to leave Bangladesh in the face of growing fanaticism.
  • (11) It is held that the one thing that remains constant is the fanaticism, even if the specific beliefs are subject to change.
  • (12) The Salesman review: Asghar Farhadi offers layers of Willy Loman Read more It said: “On behalf of all nominees, we would like to express our unanimous and emphatic disapproval of the climate of fanaticism and nationalism we see today in the US and in so many other countries, in parts of the population and, mostly and unfortunately of all, among leading politicians.” Regardless of who wins the Oscar “we believe there is no best country, best gender, best religion or best colour,” the directors added.
  • (13) Her communist sympathies have been fanned almost to the point of fanaticism owing to her upbringing in Rhodesia MI5 continued to monitor Lessing’s movements, speeches and writing, and eagerly passed titbits on to the South African police.
  • (14) The Reina atrocity shows how deeply Islamic fanaticism has taken hold in Turkey | Elif Shafak Read more The bloodbath has now been claimed by Islamic State .
  • (15) Eurocrats with their centralising obsession reminded Judt of George Santayana's definition of fanaticism: redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim.
  • (16) At one level, it is intended as a show of global solidarity with the US, a signal that the international community can unite in its opposition to fanaticism.
  • (17) As Marston sails for Europe, watching America recede into his past, Fitzgerald offers a closing meditation nearly as incantatory as the famous conclusion of Gatsby: "Watching the fading city, the fading shore, from the deck of the Majestic, he had a sense of overwhelming gratitude and of gladness that America was there, that under the ugly débris of industry the rich land still pushed up, incorrigibly lavish and fertile, and that in the heart of the leaderless people the old generosities and devotions fought on, breaking out sometimes in fanaticism and excess, but indomitable and undefeated.
  • (18) He added: "There seems to be no doubt that one of the deceased was blind, but the fact that he got where he did get [moving across rugged countryside and over a ridge] suggests a fanaticism which would fully explain the description given to me of his standing in front of the crowd and waving it forward."
  • (19) From Saudi Arabia to Kuwait, they are key allies and partners of the British government, and the Tories are endeavouring to forge ever closer links with these despotic exporters of fanaticism.
  • (20) We only owe you stabbing the kidneys and striking the necks.’ “Well, Madam Speaker, I don’t think it would be possible to witness uglier fanaticism than this, more monstrous fanaticism and extremism than this, and I regret to say it is now present in our country.” The prime minister’s words came a day after police announced the arrest of two men and the seizure of a machete, a hunting knife and a homemade Islamic State flag in the western Sydney suburb of Fairfield.

Interest


Definition:

  • (n.) To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing; as, the subject did not interest him; to interest one in charitable work.
  • (n.) To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite; -- often used impersonally.
  • (n.) To cause or permit to share.
  • (n.) Excitement of feeling, whether pleasant or painful, accompanying special attention to some object; concern.
  • (n.) Participation in advantage, profit, and responsibility; share; portion; part; as, an interest in a brewery; he has parted with his interest in the stocks.
  • (n.) Advantage, personal or general; good, regarded as a selfish benefit; profit; benefit.
  • (n.) Premium paid for the use of money, -- usually reckoned as a percentage; as, interest at five per cent per annum on ten thousand dollars.
  • (n.) Any excess of advantage over and above an exact equivalent for what is given or rendered.
  • (n.) The persons interested in any particular business or measure, taken collectively; as, the iron interest; the cotton interest.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A group of interested medical personnel has been identified which has begun to work together.
  • (2) Hypothyroidism complicated by spontaneous hyperthyroidism is an interesting but rare occurrence in the spectrum of autoimmune thyroid disorders.
  • (3) It is quite interesting to analyse which gene of the virus determines the characteristics of the virus.
  • (4) Another interested party, the University of Miami, had been in talks with the Beckham group over the potential for a shared stadium project.
  • (5) "Britain needs to be in the room when the euro countries meet," he said, "so that it can influence the argument and ensure that what the 17 do will not damage the market or British interests.
  • (6) Angle closure glaucoma is a well-known complication of scleral buckling and it is of particular interest when it occurs in eyes with previously normal angles.
  • (7) Today’s figures tell us little about the timing of the first increase in interest rates, which will depend on bigger picture news on domestic growth, pay trends and perceived downside risks in the global economy,” he said.
  • (8) To this figure an additional 250,000 older workers must be added, who are no longer registered as unemployed but nevertheless would be interested in finding another job.
  • (9) Whittingdale also defended the right of MPs to use privilege to speak out on public interest matters.
  • (10) David Cameron has insisted that membership of the European Union is in Britain's national interest and vital for "millions of jobs and millions of families", as he urged his own backbenchers not to back calls for a referendum on the UK's relationship with Brussels.
  • (11) But if you want to sustain a long-term relationship, it's important to try to develop other erotic interests and skills, because most partners will expect and demand that.
  • (12) One of the most interesting aspects of the shadow cabinet elections, not always readily interpreted because of the bizarre process of alliances of convenience, is whether his colleagues are ready to forgive and forget his long years as Brown's representative on earth.
  • (13) While the majority of EU member states, including the UK, do not have a direct interest in the CAR, or in taking action, the alternative is unthinkable.
  • (14) And the irony of it is it doesn't interest me at all.
  • (15) Further exploration of these excretory pathways will provide interesting new insights on the numerous cholestatic and hyperbilirubinemic syndromes that occur in nature.
  • (16) The information about her father's semi-brainwashing forms an interesting backdrop to Malala's comments when I ask if she ever wonders about the man who tried to kill her on her way back from school that day in October last year, and why his hands were shaking as he held the gun – a detail she has picked up from the girls in the school bus with her at the time; she herself has no memory of the shooting.
  • (17) Our interest in the role of association brain structures during this behavior is not occasional.
  • (18) Apart from their pathogenic significance, these results may have some interest for the clinical investigation of patients with joint diseases.
  • (19) Photograph: AP Reasons for wavering • State relies on coal-fired electricity • Poor prospects for wind power • Conservative Democrat • Represents conservative district in conservative state and was elected on narrow margins Campaign support from fossil fuel interests in 2008 • $93,743 G K Butterfield (North Carolina) GK Butterfield, North Carolina.
  • (20) Interestingly, different mechanisms of nucleated and non-nucleated TC directed lysis by CD4+ effectors were implied by distinct patterns of sensitivity to cholera toxin (CT) and cyclosporin A (CsA).

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