enthusiasm

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enthusiasm

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”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɪnˈθjuːziæz(ə)m/, /-θɪu̯-/, /ɛn-/
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(yod-dropping) IPA^(key): /-θuː-/
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Noun

enthusiasm (countable and uncountable, plural enthusiasms)

Intensity of feeling; excited interest or eagerness.
Try to curb your enthusiasm.

They have a great enthusiasm for country music.
Something in which one is keenly interested.
- 1968, Central States Archaeological Journal, volumes 15-16, page 154:
  My main enthusiasm is attending and seeing the progress and interest of collectors, to meet old friends, and hopefully to make new friends.
- 2012, Nicholas Joll, Philosophy and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, page 23:
  Other Adamsian enthusiasms included: fast cars; restaurants; Bach, the Beatles, Pink Floyd and Dire Straits; […]
(obsolete or historical) Possession by a god; divine inspiration or frenzy.
- 1946, Bertrand Russell, chapter 1, in History of Western Philosophy:
  The intoxication that they sought was that of ‘enthusiasm’, of union with the god.

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Translations

feeling of excited, lively interest

Afrikaans: entoesiasme
Arabic: حَمَاس m (ḥamās)
Armenian: խանդավառություն (hy) (xandavaṙutʻyun), ավյուն (hy) (avyun), ոգեւորություն (hy) (ogeworutʻyun)
Belarusian: энтузія́зм m (entuzijázm), захапле́нне n (zaxapljénnje), запа́л m (zapál)
Bhojpuri: उत्साह (utsāh)
Bulgarian: въодушевле́ние (bg) n (vǎoduševlénie), ентусиа́зъм (bg) m (entusiázǎm), възто́рг (bg) m (vǎztórg)
Catalan: entusiasme (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 熱情 / 热情 (zh) (rèqíng), 積極性 / 积极性 (zh) (jījíxìng)
Czech: nadšení (cs) n, entuziasmus (cs) m
Danish: entusiame c
Dutch: enthousiasme (nl) n, geestdrift (nl)
Esperanto: entuziasmo (eo)
Finnish: innostus (fi), into (fi), innokkuus (fi), hanakkuus (fi), vimma (fi)
French: enthousiasme (fr) m, passion (fr) f
Galician: entusiasmo (gl) m
Georgian: ენთუზიაზმი (entuziazmi)
German: Begeisterung (de) f, Enthusiasmus (de) m, Schwärmerei (de) f
Greek: ενθουσιασμός (el) m (enthousiasmós)
Ancient: προθυμία f (prothumía)
Hausa: ɗoki (ha)
Hebrew: הִתְלַהֲבוּת (he) f (hitlahavút), הִתְפַּעֲלוּת f (hitpaalút)
Hindi: जोश (hi) m (joś), उत्साह (hi) m (utsāh)
Hungarian: lelkesedés (hu)
Icelandic: ákafi m, eldmóður (is) m
Ido: entuziasmo (io)
Italian: entusiasmo (it), foga (it) f
Japanese: 情熱 (ja) (じょうねつ, jōnetsu), 熱意 (ja) (ねつい, netsui), 意気込み (ja) (いきごみ, ikigomi), 気勢 (ja) (きせい, kisei), 熱情 (ja) (ねつじょう, netsujō)
Javanese: grengseng (jv)
Korean: 열광 (ko) (yeolgwang), 열정 (ko) (yeoljeong), 열의 (yeorui)
Latin: studium (la) n
Luxembourgish: Begeeschterung f
Macedonian: ентузија́зам m (entuzijázam)
Malayalam: താത്പര്യം (ml) (tātparyaṁ), ഉത്സാഹം (ml) (utsāhaṁ)
Manx: ard-jeeanid f
Maori: koharatanga, ngākau whakapuke
Marathi: उत्साह m (utsāha), जोश m (joś)
Norwegian: begeistring c
Bokmål: entusiasme m

Nynorsk: entusiasme m, eldhug m
Persian: شور (fa) (šur)
Polish: entuzjazm (pl) m
Portuguese: entusiasmo (pt) m
Romanian: entuziasm (ro) n
Russian: энтузиа́зм (ru) m (entuziázm), воодушевле́ние (ru) n (vooduševlénije), запа́л (ru) m (zapál), восто́рг (ru) m (vostórg)
Sanskrit: उत्साह (sa) m (utsāha)
Scottish Gaelic: eud m
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: entuzijàzam (sh) m, oduševljenje (sh), zános (sh) m, ùshit (sh) m
Slovak: nadšenie n, entuziazmus (sk) m
Slovene: navdušenje n
Spanish: entusiasmo (es) m
Swedish: entusiasm (sv) c
Tagalog: entusyasmo
Tamil: உத்வேகம் (ta) (utvēkam)
Telugu: ఉత్సాహం (te) (utsāhaṁ)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Tocharian B: spelkke
Turkish: heves (tr), şevk (tr), coşku (tr)
Ukrainian: ентузіа́зм m (entuziázm), запа́л m (zapál), запа́лення n (zapálennja)
Uyghur: ئىشتىياق (ishtiyaq)
Vietnamese: sự hăng hái (vi), sự nhiệt tình (vi)

(obsolete or historical) possession by a god; divine inspiration

French: enthousiasme (fr) m

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