overenthusiasm

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noun

Excessive enthusiasm.

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Meanings

nounoverenthusiasm (countable and uncountable, plural overenthusiasms)

plural overenthusiasms

  1. countableuncountableExcessive enthusiasm.

    Paik Hong-yul, president of the Korea Aerospace Research Institute, which oversees South Korea’s space program, said Mr. Ko had made “mistakes out of his overenthusiasm in training.”

    2008 March 11, Choe Sang-Hun, “Woman Replaces Colleague for South Korea’s First Space Mission”, in New York Times

Origin

From over- + enthusiasm.

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APA

overenthusiasm. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overenthusiasm

MLA

“overenthusiasm.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overenthusiasm. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overenthusiasm,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overenthusiasm.

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