An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
FANATICISM
fanaticism, fanatism, zealotry
(noun) excessive intolerance of opposing views
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
fanaticism (countable and uncountable, plural fanaticisms)
The characteristic or practice of being a fanatic.
Source: Wiktionary
Fa*nat"i*cism, n. Etym: [Cf. Fanatism.]
Definition: Excessive enthusiasm, unreasoning zeal, or wild and extravagant notions, on any subject, especially religion; religious frenzy.
Syn.
– See Superstition.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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