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exaltation

exaltation

noun eg-zal-tah-SYOHN Rare

Origin: Latin exaltatio 'lifting up'

Also means

elation

Usage Note

Exaltation describes an intense, almost transported feeling of joy or enthusiasm, stronger than simple happiness and often with a slightly mystical or feverish connotation. In religious language it also means glorification or elevation. The adjective exalté/exaltée ('exalted, overwrought') can describe a person who is fervent to the point of seeming unhinged.

Examples

"Une exaltation soudaine s'empara de lui."

Natural Translation

A sudden exaltation seized him.

Literal Translation

An exaltation sudden itself-seized of him.

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