rabid+zeal

  • 21feeling — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Emotional sensation See also touch, taste Nouns 1. feeling, sensation, sentience, emotion, sensibility, sensitivity; endurance, tolerance, sufferance, experience, response; vibrations; impression,… …

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  • 22Desire — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Desire >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 desire desire wish fancy fantasy Sgm: N 1 want want need exigency GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 mind mind inclination leaning …

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  • 23fanatical — fa•nat•i•cal [[t]fəˈnæt ɪ kəl[/t]] adj. motivated or characterized by an extreme, uncritical enthusiasm or zeal, as in religion or politics; rabid • Etymology: 1540–50 fa•nat′i•cal•ly, adv. fa•nat′i•cal•ness, n …

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  • 24ERASMUS OF ROTTERDAM° — (Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus; 1469–1536), European humanist, theologian, and writer. Netherlands born Erasmus lived and worked in all major countries of Europe and wrote only in Latin. Erasmus view of Judaism as a religion was fully determined …

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