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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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.
Some Chinese youth may find it strange that parts of their culture - long seen as "uncool" in the Western imagination - are now the object of fascination.
From BBC
She said it reflected what had become a growing personal fascination for her and she now owns work by sculptor Henry Moore and contemporary artist Marc Quinn.
From BBC
It also has spurred the tech industry’s fascination with nuclear power and created a “bring your own power” push for companies to build their own power generation.
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