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1. 열심, (…에 대한) 열중, 열광; 강한 흥미; 열중하고 있는 것. ∼ for collecting stamps 우표 수집열. with great ∼ 아주 열심히. have[feel no] ∼ for[about] …에 열심이다[흥미가 없다]. Fishing is my only ∼. 열중할 수 있는 것은 낚시뿐이다. The band aroused ∼ in the crowd. 그 악단은 군중을 열광시켰다. His ∼ died down. 그의 열정은 식었다.
2 .<古> 종교적 열광, 광신; 신들림.[후기 라틴어에서. 원래는 그리스어 enthousiasm (en- 안에 ＋ -thous 신들린 ＋ -ia -Y3 ＋ -asmos -ISM =신들린 상태)]
1.Great excitement for or interest in a subject or cause.
2.A source or cause of great excitement or interest.
3.Archaic. a. Ecstasy arising from supposed possession by a god. b. Religious fanaticism.
Word History: When the English philospher Henry More stated in a work published in 1660 that "if ever Christianity be exterminated, it will be by Enthusiasme," he clearly used the word differently from the way we do now. He was also using a meaning that differed from the first sense, "possession by a god,"recorded in English (1603). Enthusiasm and this sense of the word go back to the Greek word enthousiasmos, which ultimately comes from the adjective entheos, "Having the god within," formed from en-, "In, within," and theos, "God.?Henry More in 1660 was referring to belief, either mistaken or unsupported by evidence, in one's own inspiration by the Christian God. Enthusiasm, as now most frequently used, has become secularized and at times weakened, so that one can speak of an enthusiasm for fast cars.
1. 열심, (…에 대한) 열중, 열광; 강한 흥미
2 .<古> 종교적 열광, 광신; 신들림.[후기 라틴어에서. 원래는 그리스어 enthousiasm (en- 안에 ＋ -thous 신들린 ＋ -ia -Y3 ＋ -asmos -ISM =신들린 상태)]
1.Great excitement for or interest in a subject or cause.
2.A source or cause of great excitement or interest.
3.Archaic. a. Ecstasy arising from supposed possession by a god. b. Religious fanaticism.
Word History: When the English philospher Henry More stated in a work published in 1660 that "if ever Christianity be exterminated, it will be by Enthusiasme," he clearly used the word differently from the way we do now. He was also using a meaning that differed from the first sense, "possession by a god,"recorded in English (1603). Enthusiasm and this sense of the word go back to the Greek word enthousiasmos, which ultimately comes from the adjective entheos, "Having the god within," formed from en-, "In, within," and theos, "God.?Henry More in 1660 was referring to belief, either mistaken or unsupported by evidence, in one's own inspiration by the Christian God. Enthusiasm, as now most frequently used, has become secularized and at times weakened, so that one can speak of an enthusiasm for fast cars.
