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counterenthusiasm

noun

Etymology

From counter- + enthusiasm.

  1. derived from ἐνθουσιασμός
  2. derived from enthusiasmus
  3. derived from enthousiasme
  4. prefixed as counterenthusiasm — “counter + enthusiasm”

Definitions

  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.

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