Zealotry is measurable as a distinct trait of enthusiasm, mission, and anger at disagreement
Evidence
The Zealot Scale. In 1991 I began trying to measure how fired up people were about whatever they believed in most. How enthused were they about their beliefs, their causes? Were they consumed by them? Did they have a mission to make them dominant? Did disagreement anger them? Did they have the solution to all our problems? Did they proselytize? In short, were they zealots? — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 2731
Categorization
Category: Definitional Content
- DEFINE: Introduces the Zealot Scale and defines zealot as a measurable, content-neutral intensity of belief.
Related
- Zealotry is measurable as enthusiasm plus a mission to dominate (similarity 0.96)
- Zealotry is not confined to religion but appears in any belief domain (similarity 0.82)