Fascination
//fæsɪˈneɪʃən// noun
noun ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of bewitching, or enchanting archaic, countable, uncountable
"Little disappointed, then, she turned attention to "Chat of the Social World," gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence."
- 2 the capacity to attract intense interest wordnet
- 3 The state or condition of being fascinated. countable, uncountable
"To my fascination, the skies turned all kinds of colours."
- 4 a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual wordnet
- 5 Something which fascinates. countable, uncountable
"Life after death had always been a great fascination to him."
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- 6 the state of being intensely interested (as by awe or terror) wordnet
Example
More examples"I can't run away from the fascination of music."
Etymology
From Latin fascinare ("to bewitch"), possibly from Ancient Greek βασκαίνιεν (baskaínien, “to speak ill of; to curse”). Morphologically fascinate + -ion.
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