fanatic

passionné, mordu

Personne qui s’intéresse énormément à une activité ou à un sujet.

En anglais simple : Someone who has an extremely strong interest in an activity or subject.

• My brother is a football fanatic.
• Fitness fanatics arrive at the gym before sunrise.
• As a coffee fanatic, she owns three different machines.

Synonymes : enthusiast, devotee, buff

Expressions courantes : fitness fanatic, sports fanatic, coffee fanatic

fanatique, extrémiste

Personne qui défend une croyance ou une cause avec une ardeur extrême et refuse souvent les autres opinions.

En anglais simple : Someone who supports a belief or cause with extreme enthusiasm, often refusing to accept other views.

• He became a religious fanatic.
• The fanatics refused to listen to anyone else.
• A political fanatic disrupted the public meeting.

Synonymes : zealot, extremist

Contraires : moderate

Expressions courantes : religious fanatic, political fanatic, a fanatic

fanatique

Qui croit en quelque chose ou le soutient au point d’agir de façon extrême ou déraisonnable.

En anglais simple : Believing in or supporting something so strongly that you act in an extreme or unreasonable way.

• They showed fanatic loyalty to their leader.
• His fanatic devotion left little time for his family.
• The movement gained a small group of fanatic followers.

Synonymes : fanatical, obsessive, zealous

Contraires : moderate

Expressions courantes : fanatic devotion, fanatic loyalty, fanatic followers