thaumasmus
English
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Etymology
editFrom Latin, from Ancient Greek θαυμασμός (thaumasmós, “a wondering”).
Noun
editthaumasmus (countable and uncountable)
- (rhetoric) The presentation of something as a marvel rather than in a neutrally descriptive way.