| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. One zealously devoted to a religion: devotee, enthusiast, sectary, votary, zealot. See BELIEF, LOVE, RELIGION. 2. A person who is ardently devoted to a particular subject or activity: bug, devotee, enthusiast, maniac, zealot. Informal : buff2, fan2, fiend. Slang : freak, nut. See CONCERN. 3. One who holds extreme views or advocates extreme measures: extremist, radical, revolutionary, revolutionist, ultra, zealot. See EDGE, CONCERN, POLITICS. | | ADJECTIVE: | Holding especially political views that deviate drastically and fundamentally from conventional or traditional beliefs: extreme, extremist, fanatical, rabid, radical, revolutionary, ultra. Slang : far-out. See CONCERN, EDGE, POLITICS.
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