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Another word for zeal

noun

Passionate devotion to or interest in a cause or subject, for example:

ardor, enthusiasm, fervor, fire, passion, zealousness. See concern, feelings

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zeal

n.

Enthusiasm
ardor, eagerness, fervor; see enthusiasm 1.
Industry
earnestness, hustle, hustling, bustle, bustling, intensity, industry, willingness, inclination, application, determination, promptitude, dispatch, diligence, perseverance, assiduity, intentness, readiness, aptitude, enterprise, initiative, push*, hop*, what-it-takes*, stick-to-itiveness*; see also attention 2, care 1, cooperation 1.
Antonyms idleness*, slackness, indolence. See syn. study at enthusiasm.enthusiasm.

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His zeal and energy met everywhere with conspicuous success.
His zeal is represented in a twofold aspect.
Malichus also, the murderer or reputed murderer of Antipater, appears to have been a partisan of Hyrcanus, who had a zeal for Judaism.
A peculiarly fruitful soil for mysticism, and, in connexion either with the Beguines or the Church organization, a number of women appear about this time, combining a spirit of mystical piety and asceticism with sturdy reformatory zeal directed against the abuses of the time.
In this process some of the local officials displayed probably an amount of zeal beyond the intentions of the government, but any attempt to oppose the movement was rigorously punished.

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