lovefest

noun

love·​fest ˈləv-ˌfest How to pronounce lovefest (audio)
: love feast sense 2
broadly : an expression or exchange of goodwill, praise, or affection

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Unlike the formal next stop at Carnegie Hall, where every move Dudamel — as the incoming music director of the New York Philharmonic — makes is scrutinized, this Disney performance was an outright lovefest and, more important, a people-fest. Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024 Photograph: Yuki Iwamura; Bloomberg/Getty Lawsuits are never exactly a lovefest, but the copyright fight between The New York Times and both OpenAI and Microsoft is getting especially contentious. Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 21 Nov. 2024 The unexpectedly tight bond between Musk and Trump that’s developed in the past year is likely to make the tech billionaire, already an outsize figure in multiple industries, a singularly influential figure in the next few years — if the current lovefest continues. Alan Ohnsman, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024 Both are in Trump's camp, but apparently all is not a lovefest on the MAGA bus. David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for lovefest 

Word History

First Known Use

1907, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of lovefest was in 1907

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“Lovefest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lovefest. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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