Faith vs Fanaticism - What's the difference?
faith | fanaticism |
A feeling, conviction, or belief that something is true or real, not contingent upon reason or justification.
A religious belief system.
An obligation of loyalty or fidelity and the observance of such an obligation.
A trust or confidence in the intentions or abilities of a person, object, or ideal.
(obsolete) Credibility or truth.
* Mitford
The characteristic or practice of being a fanatic.
As nouns the difference between faith and fanaticism
is that faith is a feeling, conviction, or belief that something is true or real, not contingent upon reason or justification while fanaticism is the characteristic or practice of being a fanatic.As a proper noun Faith
is {{given name|female|from=English}}.faith
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Alternative forms
* feith, feithe, fayth, faythe, faithe (obsolete)Noun
- Have faith that the criminal justice system will avenge the murder.
- I have faith that my prayers will be answered.
- I have faith in the healing power of crystals.
- The Christian faith .
- He acted in good faith to restore broken diplomatic ties after defeating the incumbent.
- I have faith in the goodness of my fellow man.
- the faith of the foregoing narrative