true believer vs zealot

true believer

noun
  • One who believes dogmatically in something regardless of evidence or even conclusive proof that the thing is false or was staged; one who has true-believer syndrome. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see true, believer. 

  • A strict follower of a doctrine. 

zealot

noun
  • One who is zealous, one who is full of zeal for his own specific beliefs or objectives, usually in the negative sense of being too passionate; a fanatic. 

  • A member of a radical, warlike, ardently patriotic group of Jews in Judea, particularly prominent in the first century, who advocated the violent overthrow of Roman rule and vigorously resisted the efforts of the Romans and their supporters to convert the Jews. 

  • A member of an anti-aristocratic political group in Thessalonica from 1342 until 1350. 

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