ENTHUSIASM
\ɛnθjˈuːzɪˌazəm], \ɛnθjˈuːzɪˌazəm], \ɛ_n_θ_j_ˈuː_z_ɪ__ˌa_z_ə_m]\
Definitions of ENTHUSIASM
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A state of impassioned emotion; transport; elevation of fancy; exaltation of soul; as, the poetry of enthusiasm.
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Enkindled and kindling fervor of soul; strong excitement of feeling on behalf of a cause or a subject; ardent and imaginative zeal or interest; as, he engaged in his profession with enthusiasm.
By Oddity Software
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A state of impassioned emotion; transport; elevation of fancy; exaltation of soul; as, the poetry of enthusiasm.
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Enkindled and kindling fervor of soul; strong excitement of feeling on behalf of a cause or a subject; ardent and imaginative zeal or interest; as, he engaged in his profession with enthusiasm.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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An ecstasy of mind, as if from inspiration or possession by a spiritual influence: hence, a belief or conceit of being divinely inspired, or of being possessed of a private revelation; the confidence or opinion of a person that he has special divine communications from the Supreme Being or familiar intercourse with him; as, "Enthusiasm is founded neither on reason nor divine revelation, but rises from the conceits of a warmed or overweening imagination."-Locke: complete possession of the mind by any subject; violent passion or excitement in pursuit of some object, inspiring extravagant hope and confidence of success; ardent zeal in pursuit of an object; predominance of the emotional over the intellectual powers. Enthusiasm, guided by reason or experience, becomes a noble passion, that prompts to the ardent pursuit of laudable objects. Such is the enthusiasm of the poet, the orator, the painter, and the sculptor; of the patriot, the hero, and the Christian. "Faction and enthusiasm are the instruments by which popular governments are destroyed."-Ames: liveliness of imagination; elevation of fancy; exaltation of ideas; as, "Cowley was the first who imparted to English numbers the enthusiasm of the greater ode, and the gaiety of the less."-Johnson.
By Daniel Lyons
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Enthusiastic.
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Inspiration; passionate aeal.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Greek] Belief in a special personal revelation from God; — heated imagination; —passionate excitement in pursuit of an object; ardent zeal;—exalted ideas; elevated fancy or conception; fanaticism; extravagance; devoteeism.
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A vain belief of private revelation, a vain confidence of divine favour; heat of imagination; elevation of fancy, exaltation of ideas.
By Thomas Sheridan
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