enthusiasm

IPA: ɪnθˈuziæzʌm

noun

  • Intensity of feeling; excited interest or eagerness.
  • Something in which one is keenly interested.
  • (obsolete or historical) Possession by a god; divine inspiration or frenzy.
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Examples of "enthusiasm" in Sentences

  • They show that, quite understandably, the enthusiasm is accompanied by uncertainty.
  • I didn't know this, but the word enthusiasm comes from the Greek and Theos, which means "in God."
  • I don't have to post a snide little note to inform you that your enthusiasm is actually kinda stupid.
  • "Why then, daddy, if you are happier than we, what you call the enthusiasm of youth can have nothing to do with it, you know!"
  • "Even if people do not normally attribute the term enthusiasm to the Germans, believe me, we are enthusiastic," K+S chairman Norbert Steiner said on a conference call with investors.
  • Despite the tribulations of the first two years of Obama, Americans seem still in favor of Democratic rule, but their "enthusiasm" is measured by only two of the Gallup battery questions, numbers 1 and 7.
  • The scorners; the sneering, the frivolous, the unearnest, the unbelieving, the envious, who laugh down what they call enthusiasm and romance; who delight in finding fault, and in blackening those who seem purer or nobler than themselves.

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