Skip to main content

fanatismo

Portuguese, noun/fa.naˈt͡ʃiz.mu/

fanatismo is spelled F-A-N-A-T-I-S-M-O (9 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 22,561st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fanatismo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “fanatism (excessive or intolerance of opposing views)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “atitude de quem é fanático”.

What does fanatismo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinefanatism (excessive or intolerance of opposing views)

  2. 2

    masculinefanaticism (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. atitude de quem é fanático 2. adoração religiosa exagerada, que distancia-se da racionalidade 3. paixão cega a alguma ideia

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of fanatismo

  • fanatismos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce fanatismo?

  • Brazil /fa.naˈt͡ʃiz.mu/
  • /fa.naˈt͡ʃiʒ.mu/
  • Portugal /fɐ.nɐˈtiʒ.mu/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to fanatismo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is fanatismo in Portuguese?

fanatismo appears 1.9 times per million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

What to look up after fanatismo