zealotry
noun
zeal·ot·ry
| \ ˈze-lə-trē
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plural zealotries
Definition of zealotry
: excess of zeal : fanatical devotion
Examples of zealotry in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
In the Hulu Handmaid’s adaptation by Bruce Miller, now in its third season, Lydia is a formidable creature played by the astonishing Ann Dowd, a character who fluctuates disorientingly between zealotry, empathy, and ritualized sadism. — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, "The Challenge of Margaret Atwood," 5 Sep. 2019 The kaleidoscopic thousand-page book, which follows the middle-class Shaposhnikov family through the Second World War, is an indictment of ideological zealotry and a stark account of the horrors of Stalinism. — Aaron Lake Smith, Harper's magazine, "The Trials of Vasily Grossman," 24 June 2019 That mix of righteous zealotry, entitlement, and ruthless cruelty, with no tempering compassion, proves a disastrous combination when coupled to the mighty power of the Iron Fist, which reflects the character of the wielder. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, "Iron Fist’s second Netflix season mostly lives up to its promising trailer," 10 Sep. 2018 That zealotry requires shame at one’s station and fear of one’s own death to keep others in their place. — Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, "What two fictional Gileads can teach us about America in 2018," 12 July 2018 Murphy plays the character as a suitably humorless waif, a fair match in zealotry, dumb cunning and cat-fancying sentimentality for the swaggering Padraic. — Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, "'The Lieutenant of Inishmore': Theater Review," 5 July 2018 The name of this play references a New Testament conversion away from zealotry, but nothing within its muddled narrative gives the audience any road map as to who has been converted, what they've been converted to, or why. — Dmitry Samarov, Chicago Reader, "Damascus attempts to tackle faith, politics, and race without a road map," 1 June 2018 Better yet, the results suggest that centrism has more electoral appeal than both UMNO’s Malay chauvinism and the Islamic zealotry of PAS, an opposition party that declined to join Pakatan Harapan. — The Economist, "Malaysia’s chance to clean up," 10 May 2018 History has shown us the danger of religious zealotry when used as a justification for genocide. — Guest Columnist/cleveland.com, cleveland.com, "Science, not religion, should determine public policy on abortion: Joel Berry (Opinion)," 29 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'zealotry.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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