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Enthusiasm

//ɪnˈθuziæzəm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Intensity of feeling; excited interest or eagerness. countable, uncountable

    "Try to curb your enthusiasm."

  2. 2
    overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval wordnet
  3. 3
    Something in which one is keenly interested. countable, uncountable

    "My main enthusiasm is attending and seeing the progress and interest of collectors, to meet old friends, and hopefully to make new friends."

  4. 4
    a lively interest wordnet
  5. 5
    Possession by a god; divine inspiration or frenzy. countable, historical, obsolete, uncountable

    "The intoxication that they sought was that of ‘enthusiasm’, of union with the god."

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  1. 6
    a feeling of excitement wordnet

Etymology

First attested from 1603, from Middle French enthousiasme, from Late Latin enthusiasmus, from Ancient Greek ἐνθουσιασμός (enthousiasmós), from ἐν (en, “in”) + θεός (theós, “god”) + οὐσία (ousía, “essence”).

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