noun
- people who are extremely enthusiastic and devoted to a cause, belief, or activity, often to an excessive degree
Usage: plural of zealot
Examples
- The environmental zealots protested outside the factory every day.
- Religious zealots often refuse to consider other viewpoints.
- Some fitness zealots exercise for hours each day.
- Political zealots on both sides made compromise impossible.
- The teacher warned against becoming zealots who ignore opposing evidence.
- Health food zealots criticized anyone who ate processed foods.