enthusiasm
Etymology
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Etymology
First attested from 1603, from Middle French enthousiasme, from Late Latin enthusiasmus, from Ancient Greek ἐνθουσιασμός, from ἐν ("in") + θεός ("god") + οὐσία ("essence").
Pronunciation Nounenthusiasm
- Intensity of feeling; excited interest or eagerness.
- Try to curb your enthusiasm.
- They have a great enthusiasm for country music.
- Something in which one is keenly interested.
- 2012, Nicholas Joll, Philosophy and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, page 23:
- Other Adamsian enthusiasms included: fast cars; restaurants; Bach, the Beatles, Pink Floyd and Dire Straits; […]
- (obsolete or historical) Possession by a god; divine inspiration or frenzy.
- 1946, Bertrand Russell, chapter 1, in History of Western Philosophy:
- French: enthousiasme, passion
- German: Begeisterung, Enthusiasmus, Schwärmerei
- Italian: entusiasmo, foga
- Portuguese: entusiasmo
- Russian: энтузиа́зм
- Spanish: entusiasmo
- French: enthousiasme
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