fascination
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əˈneɪ noun
1.
the power or action of fascinating.
2.
the state or an instance of being fascinated: They watched in fascination.
3.
a fascinating quality; powerful attraction; charm: the fascination of foreign travel.
4.
Cards. a form of solitaire.
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to attract and delight by arousing interest or curiosity: his stories fascinated me for hours |
| 2. | to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe |
| 3. | archaic to put under a spell |
| [C16: from Latin fascināre, from fascinum a bewitching] | |
| usage A person can be fascinated by or with another person or thing. It is correct to speak of someone's fascination with a person or thing; one can also say a person or thing has a fascination for someone | |
| 'fascinatedly | |
| —adv | |
| fasci'nation | |
| —n | |
| 'fascinative | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
fascination
c.1600, from L. fascinationem, noun of action from fascinare (see fascinate).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
The way people respond to tragedy has a prurient interest for outsiders, but art transcends mere fascination.
But they have something else: presence, or maybe allure, fascination or magic.
From that meeting, my interest and fascination with the royal family really stemmed.
Observing birds' many behaviors can grow into a lifelong fascination.
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