(n.) Inspiration as if by a divine or superhuman power; ecstasy; hence, a conceit of divine possession and revelation, or of being directly subject to some divine impulse.
(n.) A state of impassioned emotion; transport; elevation of fancy; exaltation of soul; as, the poetry of enthusiasm.
(n.) Enkindled and kindling fervor of soul; strong excitement of feeling on behalf of a cause or a subject; ardent and imaginative zeal or interest; as, he engaged in his profession with enthusiasm.
(n.) Lively manifestation of joy or zeal.
Example Sentences:
(1) The program met with continued support and enthusiasm from nurse administrators, nursing unit managers, clinical educators, ward staff and course participants.
(2) Once you've invested many years in a career, figuring out how to take time out and then return to a role that's comparable to the one you left (or as comparable as you want it to be) requires more than confidence and enthusiasm - employers need to actively acknowledge the benefits of such breaks and be more receptive to those seeking to return”.
(3) Analysis of patient questionnaires suggests more enthusiasm for patient-controlled analgesia, but in this study, it was difficult to clearly demonstrate any significant advantage for pain management or amount of opiate administered.
(4) A rather pessimistic wind is blowing over cancer chemotherapy, while a not very objective enthusiasm for second generation immunotherapy is raising its head.
(5) In his letter Abd El Fattah highlights the arbitrary nature of many of their detentions, the torture to which thousands have probably been subjected – and the apathy towards, and often enthusiasm for, such malpractice among the public.
(6) For all my enthusiasm, my family must have felt we were taking a step backwards in lifestyle.
(7) "I want to talk about Curb Your Enthusiasm instead, and the paintings of Chagall, the music of Amy Winehouse and Woody Allen films."
(8) Of course, Brown and Tony Blair's enthusiasm for neoliberal deregulation made the impact of the crisis far worse in Britain, while the Conservatives have been on the wrong side of the argument both before and since the crash.
(9) His enthusiasm for domestic combined heat and power (CHP) plants is disappointing for another reason: the likely carbon savings produced by replacing your boiler with a heat and power plant top out at around 15%.
(10) We recruit our colleagues for their enthusiasm, for delivering amazing customer service, and we invest in their development to ensure they can reach their full potential.
(11) The proportion of culture sore-throat patients returned to the original 55% level after an initial period of enthusiasm.
(12) He rarely writes about women with the same enthusiasm as he does about men.
(13) One London developer said the prince had used social occasions to buttonhole his boss to complain about the developer's enthusiasm for modernism.
(14) The recent enthusiasm for the combined Collis-Belsey operation should be tempered by continued, cautious, objective assessment of its long-term results.
(15) "Replaying the glory days of Apollo will not advance the cause of American space leadership or inspire the support and enthusiasm of the public and the next generation of space explorers," he wrote.
(16) All the passion and enthusiasm for sharing what made their favourite such a, well, favourite, was encouraging to see – and more places were still being submitted in the comments section too!
(17) Community-based researchers often need the special expertise of university statisticians, epidemiologists, and research methodologists, and the enthusiasm of fellow researchers.
(18) The URRFIS provides a systematic way to teach medical students a set of general counseling skills for health promotion and may increase enthusiasm for the clinical practice of risk-factor modification.
(19) Brown met many members of his cabinet before they issued their pledges of loyalty, which were offered with varying degrees of enthusiasm.
(20) The career switchers he has appointed have brought with them an enthusiasm and dedication that have enriched school life.
Unenthusiastic
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) The advocates of reform – including the Guardian – should be unenthusiastic about endorsing a messy compromise with unintended consequences and with the prospect of years of stalemate in the courts and with the regulator itself.
(2) Low wages often mean high employee turnover and unenthusiastic workers, Flickinger said, and that can translate into poor customer service and low customer satisfaction.
(3) Weaving believes that "hard outcomes" are the best way of convincing unenthusiastic GPs that the new commissioning model works.
(4) Does it sound unenthusiastic to raise a sabbatical and postpone your start date for a year before you've even begun?
(5) Subjects listened to an audiotaped persuasive message that conveyed arguments of either high or low quality and that was responded to by either an enthusiastic or an unenthusiastic overheard audience.
(6) The EU’s environment department is unenthusiastic about the review and officials stress that they want to modernise rather than bury the conservation rules.
(7) This xenophobia mimicked a wider trend in eastern and central Europe – whose citizens were consistently the most unenthusiastic about the benefits of immigration.
(8) He is understandably unenthusiastic about going into details.
(9) It is about building bridges with all the parties in Northern Ireland James Brokenshire, Northern Ireland secretary As well as dismissing Anderson’s suggestion of an independent talks chairman, Brokenshire appeared unenthusiastic about a proposal from the Independent Unionist MP Sylvia Hermon that American diplomat Barbara Stephenson might be nominated as overseer at the discussions.
(10) The Obama administration, too, remained deeply unenthusiastic about military involvement.
(11) Not only is he unenthusiastic about Juncker, he was the biggest winner in the European elections and will hold the EU's rotating six-month presidency from 1 July.
(12) And, though it was perhaps unsurprising that Cameron should be unenthusiastic about Juncker’s candidacy, the vehemence of his opposition was extraordinary.
(13) The army, in particular, tends to be unenthusiastic, not just because it could mean more cuts in troops but because nuclear weapons are not something it can train with or ever expect to see used.
(14) Tehmina Kazi, director of British Muslims for Secular Democracy , is similarly unenthusiastic about the national debate idea.
(15) A further 37% of people were described as unenthusiastic about their online activities.
(16) The indifferent or unenthusiastic IDC (I don’t care) first appeared in 1989, while CBA (can’t be arsed) dates from 1998.
(17) The Obama administration, which has been reluctant to cast itself as anti-Wall Street, is unenthusiastic.
(18) His complaints about funding have led to reports of tensions between him and Downing Street, where aides are said to have expressed irritation in private about Stevens’ “unenthusiastic” approach to finding further savings in the NHS.
(19) The majority of the 14 general practitioners interviewed were unenthusiastic about the scheme.
(20) We turned our backs on them and many of them have either withheld their votes from us or felt disillusioned, unenthusiastic and unmotivated,” he said.