counterenthusiasm
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From counter- + enthusiasm.
Noun
[edit]counterenthusiasm (plural counterenthusiasms)
- An enthusiasm that counters or goes against another enthusiasm.
- 1895, Alice Gardner, Julian, Philosopher and Emperor, page 37:
- His teachers could to some extent restrain such an inclination, but they could not or certainly did not replace it by a counterenthusiasm in favour of Christianity.