Antienthusiast

/ˌæntiɛnˈθuziæst/ noun

Definition

A person who lacks enthusiasm or actively opposes enthusiasm; someone who is deliberately unenthusiastic or critical of excited behavior.

Etymology

From antienthusiasm + -ist (suffix for a person). This term names someone characterized by opposition to enthusiasm.

Kelly Says

Oscar Wilde was a brilliant antienthusiast—he made cynical, witty observations about human behavior and pretension, deflating grand emotions with clever mockery that made people think harder about what they believed.

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