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  • For some the evidence is obviously nil; to other anecdotes many witnesses bear testimony; but then, we know that an infectious _schwarmerei_ can persuade people that the lion now removed from Northumberland House wagged his tail.

    Lost Leaders Andrew Lang 1878

  • My usual response to Youtube's ruses is this: Youtube's declamations carry multiple connotations, ranging from the silly (they substitute breast-beating and schwarmerei for action and honest debate) to the uncompanionable (they write off whole sections of society).

    Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2009

  • My usual response to Youtube's ruses is this: Youtube's declamations carry multiple connotations, ranging from the silly (they substitute breast-beating and schwarmerei for action and honest debate) to the uncompanionable (they write off whole sections of society).

    Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2009

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  • schwarmerei (n) sentimental enthusiasm, wild devotion, fanaticism.

    -Chambers 13th

    December 28, 2015