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Fascination Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Fascination? [n] the capacity to attract intense interest; "he held the children spellbound with magic tricks and other fascinations" [n] a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual [n] the state of being intensely interested (as by awe or terror) Synonyms \| Synonyms for Fascination: captivation \| captivation \| enchantment \| enthrallment Related Terms \| Find terms related to Fascination: admiration \| affinity \| agacerie \| allure \| allurement \| amaze \| amazement \| animal magnetism \| appeal \| astonishment \| astoundment \| attraction \| attractiveness \| awe \| awesomeness \| bedevilment \| beguilement \| beguiling \| beguilingness \| bent \| bewilderment \| bewitchery \| bewitchment \| bias \| blandishment \| breathless wonder \| bug \| cajolery \| captivation \| charisma \| charm \| charmingness \| come-hither \| complex \| compulsion \| craze \| crazy fancy \| draw \| dumbfoundment \| enchantingness \| enchantment \| enthrallment \| enthusiasm \| enthusiasticalness \| enticement \| enticingness \| entrancement \| entrapment \| extraordinariness \| fancy \| favor \| fixation \| fixed idea \| flirtation \| forbidden fruit \| furor \| furore \| glamorousness \| glamour \| hang-up \| hypercathexis \| idee fixe \| illusion \| inclination \| inducement \| infatuation \| influence \| interest \| inveiglement \| invitation \| irresistible impulse \| leaning \| magic \| magnetism \| mania \| manic-depressive psychosis \| marvel \| marveling \| marvelousness \| maya \| miraculousness \| monomania \| morbid drive \| mutual affinity \| mutual attraction \| mysteriousness \| mystery \| numinousness \| obsession \| obsessive compulsion \| partiality \| passion \| penchant \| phenomenalness \| possession \| predilection \| preference \| preoccupation \| prepossession \| proclivity \| prodigiousness \| propensity \| pull \| puzzlement \| rage \| remarkableness \| ruling passion \| seducement \| seduction \| seductiveness \| sense of mystery \| sense of wonder \| sex appeal \| snaring \| sorcery \| stupefaction \| stupendousness \| surprise \| sympathy \| tantalization \| temptation \| tic \| turn \| winning ways \| winsomeness \| witchcraft \| witchery \| wonder \| wonderfulness \| wonderment \| wondrousness \| wooing See Also \| attraction \| attractiveness \| enchantment \| liking \| spell \| trance Fascination In Webster's Dictionary \Fas`ci*na"tion\, n. [L. fascinatio; cf. F. fascination.] 1. The act of fascinating, bewhiching, or enchanting; enchantment; witchcraft; the exercise of a powerful or irresistible influence on the affections or passions; unseen, inexplicable influence. The Turks hang old rags . . . upon their fairest horses, and other goodly creatures, to secure them against fascination. --Waller. 2. The state or condition of being fascinated. 3. That which fascinates; a charm; a spell. There is a certain bewitchery or fascination in words. --South.

Fascination Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Fascination?

[n] the capacity to attract intense interest; "he held the children spellbound with magic tricks and other fascinations"
[n] a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual
[n] the state of being intensely interested (as by awe or terror)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Fascination: captivation | captivation | enchantment | enthrallment

Fascination In Webster's Dictionary

\Fas`ci*na"tion\, n. [L. fascinatio; cf. F.
fascination.]
1. The act of fascinating, bewhiching, or enchanting;
   enchantment; witchcraft; the exercise of a powerful or
   irresistible influence on the affections or passions;
   unseen, inexplicable influence.

         The Turks hang old rags . . . upon their fairest
         horses, and other goodly creatures, to secure them
         against fascination.                  --Waller.

2. The state or condition of being fascinated.

3. That which fascinates; a charm; a spell.

         There is a certain bewitchery or fascination in
         words.                                --South.

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