Definitions
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- noun Excessive enthusiasm.
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- noun Excessive
enthusiasm .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Thank you Ms. Eichenthal for exhibit A in my argument about the problems with the media's coverage of (and the public's overenthusiasm to) Dudamel and the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra.
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During the merger and leveraged-buyout overenthusiasm of the 1980s and early 1990s, many of our competitors agreed to do deals that my risk calculations told me to steer clear of.
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Like all patients, Carla smells overenthusiasm with deep suspicion: a doctor who raves disproportionately about small victories is the same doctor who might be preparing his patient for some ultimate defeat.
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Thank you Ms. Eichenthal for exhibit A in my argument about the problems with the media's coverage of (and the public's overenthusiasm to) Dudamel and the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra.
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During the merger and leveraged-buyout overenthusiasm of the 1980s and early 1990s, many of our competitors agreed to do deals that my risk calculations told me to steer clear of.
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"But sometimes there's a sense of exaggeration and overenthusiasm, the view that Brazil can now play a role in every dispute, even resolve the Middle East crisis."
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"But sometimes there's a sense of exaggeration and overenthusiasm, the view that Brazil can now play a role in every dispute, even resolve the Middle East crisis."
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"But sometimes there's a sense of exaggeration and overenthusiasm, the view that Brazil can now play a role in every dispute, even resolve the Middle East crisis."
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"But sometimes there's a sense of exaggeration and overenthusiasm, the view that Brazil can now play a role in every dispute, even resolve the Middle East crisis."
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Like all patients, Carla smells overenthusiasm with deep suspicion: a doctor who raves disproportionately about small victories is the same doctor who might be preparing his patient for some ultimate defeat.
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