I am referring to the essence of raving. I don't impute a frozen abstraction of value judgement onto the concept for an act that does not necessarily carry such value judgement with it. In this case, it was a good thing!
I used an LLM to translate my concept into words, since I don't really use dictionaries and shit:
Essential Definition:
"Raving" means expressing something (usually emotion, opinion, or energy) in an intensely passionate, unrestrained, or frenzied manner, often to the point of seeming irrational or ecstatic.
Nuances:
Positive context: "She was raving about the concert—she couldn’t stop dancing!"
(Here, it’s about unbridled excitement.)
Negative context: "He was raving like a madman after the loss."
(Here, it’s about uncontrolled anger or distress.)