Counterexcitement

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A state of excitation in response or opposition to another such state. uncountable

    "[…] that he will calmly see them beaten down by the excitement of terror, and will make no effort to raise them up by the counterexcitement of enthusiasm; […]"

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"[…] that he will calmly see them beaten down by the excitement of terror, and will make no effort to raise them up by the counterexcitement of enthusiasm; […]"

Etymology

From counter- + excitement.

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