infatuation

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noun

the state of being infatuated.

the act of infatuating.

foolish or all-absorbing passion or an instance of this: a mere infatuation that will not last.

the object of a person's infatuation: When I was a kid, my infatuation was stamp collecting.

Origin:
1640–50; < Late Latin infatuātiōn- (stem of infatuātiō). See infatuate, -ion

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infatuation (ɪnˌfætjʊˈeɪʃən)

—n
1.	the act of infatuating or state of being infatuated
2.	foolish or extravagant passion
3.	an object of foolish or extravagant passion

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infatuation

1640s, noun of action from infatuate.

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Example sentences

But for an artist, an infatuation with movies can be a tricky thing.

Many high school students stop riding as infatuation with the car takes hold.

He has a delicate balance between anxiety and infatuation.

But your arts and allurements may, in a moment of infatuation, have made him

forget what he owes to himself and to all his family.