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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She has long commanded a broad fascination, the subject of paintings, novels, films, songs, operas and TV series.
From Los Angeles Times
However, her fascination with the estate won out and they went to view the home in person—with Meghan revealing that they fell in love with it before even setting foot inside.
From MarketWatch
Andersen, the first-lieutenant, said his parents lived in the U.S. before he was born, and that he had been raised with a “fundamental fascination” for the U.S. as Reagan’s “shining city on a hill.”
Guts have become a source of immense fascination.
From BBC
It also has spurred the tech industry’s fascination with nuclear power and created a “bring your own power” push for tech companies to build their own power generation.
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