fascination
Americannoun
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the power or action of fascinating. fascinating.
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the state or an instance of being fascinated.
They watched in fascination.
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a fascinating fascinating quality; powerful attraction; charm.
the fascination of foreign travel.
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Cards. a form of solitaire.
Etymology
Origin of fascination
1595–1605; < Latin fascinātiōn- (stem of fascinātiō ) a bewitching. See fascinate, -ion
Example Sentences
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During his time on the police beat and as a freelancer, Harris developed a fascination with crime and close proximity to its cast of characters from suspected murderers to homicide detectives.
From Los Angeles Times
In a 2023 Vogue interview about the project, the actress revealed that she had always had a fascination with Cleopatra, having heard so many stories about her as a child growing up in Israel.
From MarketWatch
But the former military academy student has long shown a fascination for martial trappings, often surrounding himself with soldiers and visiting military sites.
From Barron's
Elisha—his words, his eyes, his hands, his lips—held a fascination with which the dead could not compete.
From Literature
Glittering fascination led some of this second group into real depths.
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