counterenthusiasm

English

Etymology

counter- +‎ enthusiasm

Noun

counterenthusiasm (plural counterenthusiasms)

1. 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.