I'm not suggesting that this word is better, or even as good as, many of the other submittals, but one word that comes to my mind is "affissione." It's not that I know any Spanish, it's just that I recall a passage in a Hemmingway book that describes bullfighting devotees and the seriousness of their passion for the sport. There was a lot of focus on that word itself and it's meaning. As I recall the book was The Sun Also Rises, which is easy to remember because it is one of only two Hemmingway books I've ever read. I also recall that the book mentioned either the Giro or the Tour, which pleased me greatly as a college freshman.
Tom Dalton Bethlehem, PA
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