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overenchantment

overenchantment noun: excessive delight or enthusiasm.

Noun

overenchantment (uncountable)

  1. Excessive delight or enthusiasm.
    • Wally Morrow, the wise man of South African curriculum studies, has consistently pointed to our overenchantment with an individualized model of teaching and learning based on small classes, with all other forms taken as inferior options […]2010, William F. Pinar, Curriculum Studies in South Africa, page 72

Origin of overenchantment

From over- + enchantment.

Questions about overenchantment

What does overenchantment mean?
Overenchantment means excessive delight or enthusiasm.
What part of speech is overenchantment?
Overenchantment is a noun.

Words near overenchantment in the dictionary

  1. overencapsulate
  2. overencapsulated
  3. overenchant
  4. overenchanted
  5. overenchanting
  6. overenchantment
  7. overenchants
  8. overencourage
  9. overencouraged
  10. overencouragement
  11. overencourages

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