- a fascinating or being fascinated
- strong attraction; charm; allure
noun
Fascination is defined as something that attracts or intrigues someone, or the state of being attracted and intrigued.
When you are obsessed with a specific performer on television and watch every single show and movie he is in, this is an example of a fascination.
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noun
- The capability of eliciting intense interest or of being very attractive.
- The state of being intensely interested or attracted: listened in fascination.
- An intensely interesting, attractive quality or trait.
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Noun
(plural fascinations)
- The act of fascinating, bewitching, or enchanting; enchantment; witchcraft; the exercise of a powerful or irresistible influence on the affections or passions; unseen, inexplicable influence.
- The state or condition of being fascinated.
- That which fascinates; a charm; a spell.
Origin
From Latin fascinare ("to bewitch"), possibly from Ancient Greek βασκαίνιεν (baskainien, “to speak ill of; to curse”)
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Sentence Examples
- I couldn't figure out his fascination with her at the time.
- Fascination and fear trickled through her.
- Greece, ancient Greece, exercised a mysterious fascination over me.
- He felt the fascination and delight of frenzy.
- The fascination which hangs around the latter has well-nigh obscured the former.
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