Counterenthusiasm

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An enthusiasm that counters or goes against another enthusiasm.

    "His teachers could to some extent restrain such an inclination, but they could not or certainly did not replace it by a counterenthusiasm in favour of Christianity."

Example

More examples

"His teachers could to some extent restrain such an inclination, but they could not or certainly did not replace it by a counterenthusiasm in favour of Christianity."

Etymology

From counter- + enthusiasm.

More for "counterenthusiasm"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.