Definitions for enthusiasm

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enthusiasm en·thu·si·asm

Spelling: [en-thoo-zee-az-uh m]

IPA: /ɛnˈθu ziˌæz əm/

Enthusiasm is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 910 anagrams from letters in enthusiasm (aehimnsstu).

Definitions for enthusiasm

noun

1. absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit; lively interest:
2. an occupation, activity, or pursuit in which such interest is shown:
3. any of various forms of extreme religious devotion, usually associated with intense emotionalism and a break with orthodoxy.

Origin of enthusiasm

1570-80; Late Latin enthūsiasmus Greek enthousiasmós, equivalent to enthousí(a) possession by a god (énthous, variant of éntheos having a god within, equivalent to en- en-<

Examples for enthusiasm

"But she is right," exclaimed Hubert, again carried away by her enthusiasm.

Yet for all his enthusiasm for the American film industry, he remained forever an expatriate.

I so loved the fierce bodily contact of football that I suppose my enthusiasm made up somewhat for my lack of size.

Page, who is with the girls when we speak, says she can “see their enthusiasm, their energy.”

But the enthusiasm has not dropped off among conservatives.

Having finally seen Selma on November 17, I must report, sadly, that I do not share the enthusiasm the film has generated so far.

Burke slapped his leg with an enthusiasm that might have broken a weaker member.

If his enthusiasm had not run counter to my rights, I might have admired it.

John felt that he had been rebuked for an excess of enthusiasm.

But her interest in his hobby for once failed to awaken his enthusiasm.