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enthusiasms

enthusiasms is the plural of enthusiasm.

Meaning of enthusiasm

Noun

enthusiasm (countable and uncountable, plural enthusiasms)

  1. An intensity of feeling; an excited interest or eagerness.
    • Try to curb your enthusiasm.
    Synonyms:
    spirit
  2. Something in which one is keenly interested.
    • My main enthusiasm is attending and seeing the progress and interest of collectors, to meet old friends, and hopefully to make new friends.1968, Central States Archaeological Journal, volumes 15-16, page 154
  3. (historical, obsolete) Possession by a god; divine inspiration or frenzy.
    • The intoxication that they sought was that of ‘enthusiasm’, of union with the god.1946, Bertrand Russell, chapter 1, in History of Western Philosophy

Questions about enthusiasms

What is enthusiasms the plural of?
Enthusiasms is the plural of enthusiasm.

Words near enthusiasms in the dictionary

  1. enthusement
  2. enthuser
  3. enthusers
  4. enthuses
  5. enthusiasm
  6. enthusiasms
  7. enthusiast
  8. enthusiastic
  9. enthusiastical
  10. enthusiastically
  11. enthusiastick

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Adapted from Wiktionary: enthusiasms (page history and authors); enthusiasm (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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