zealotry

[ zel-uh-tree ]

noun

1. undue or excessive zeal; fanaticism.

ˈzealotry

/ ˈzɛlətrɪ /

noun

1. extreme or excessive zeal or devotion

Word History and Origins

Origin of zealotry¹

First recorded in 1650–60; zealot + -ry

Example Sentences

Supreme Court, whose antiabortion zealotry has led to the deaths of at least two women, for refusing to stay Williams’ execution.

From Los Angeles Times

His Catholic zealotry prefigures present-day Catholic ideologues like Patrick Deneen and Leonard Leo, not to mention their political marionettes Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas.

From Salon

Still, liberal critics of the court immediately denounced the conservative majority’s originalist zealotry, while right-wingers celebrated a “major win” for the 2nd Amendment, in the words of Texas Atty.

From Los Angeles Times

Besides interlacing environmental, scientific and social themes that whirl through zealotry and nihilism, it’s also a first-contact scenario that forces a reckoning.

From Salon

Johnson said the Democrats were to blame for, well everything from climate change, which he also claimed doesn’t exist, to zealotry that, like climate change, actually does exist.

From Salon

Related Words

• bigotry
• extremism
• hatred
• intolerance
• zeal
• zealotry