enchantment
Americannoun
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enchantments
plural
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the art, act, or an instance of enchanting.
- Synonyms:
- witchery, fascination, sorcery, magic
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the state of being enchanted.
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something that enchants.
Music is an enchantment that never fails.
noun
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the act of enchanting or state of being enchanted
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a magic spell or act of witchcraft
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great charm or fascination
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of enchantment
1250–1300; Middle English enchantement < Anglo-French, Old French < Latin incantāmentum. See enchant, -ment
Explanation
Exams over? School out for the summer? You may be feeling a sense of enchantment, that is, a sense of delight and escape from everyday reality. The psychological state of enchantment is so strong it can feel like you are under a spell or a trance, and these words are often interchangeable with enchantment. A work of art that is particularly captivating and enjoyable can also be termed an enchantment. The Winnie the Pooh books are often called "enchantments," and their sense of child-like innocence and simplicity is typical of the sensation of enchantment.
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This enchantment was captured by a 24-year-old Virginia Woolf, who visited an English fen and its surroundings in 1906, and described the area as a “strange, gray-green, undulating, dreaming, philosophizing and remembering land.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Gleiberman added that the film "truly delivers 'Moana' - the beauty, the comic personality, the fairy-tale enchantment", and described Johnson's "fit" for the film as "perfect".
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Burnished by Evan Prosofsky’s painterly cinematography, “The Legend of Ochi” is a beautiful case for the tactile spectacle of puppetry as maybe the most intimate enchantment tool.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2025
Even so, “Yuletide Factory” offers moments of pure enchantment.
From New York Times ● Nov. 27, 2024
The Greeks began a process that became unusually pronounced in Western music: emphasis on a VIP class of performers whose brilliance was intended to strike awe and enchantment into the hearts of the ordinary listener.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
Fresh from a mid-lifecycle spa treatment, the midengine, two-seat Emira continues to offer a choice of powertrains, each with their enchantments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
In a verdant island landscape where the veil between mysticism, art and nature is permeable, communing with mailboxes and postal enchantments raises no alarms.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 14, 2023
That ending was one of a few enchantments in store for audiences fortunate enough to find themselves at the Toronto International Film Festival on Saturday night.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2022
The island in “The Changeling” is full of weird enchantments that erupt, in the novel’s harrowing and beautiful climax, into full-blown wizardry.
From New York Times ● Nov. 18, 2020
Their protective enchantments had worked for weeks; why should they break now?
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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