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Infatuation

Infatuation Meaning & Definition
Infatuation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Infatuation?

[n] an object of extravagant short-lived passion
[n] foolish and usually extravagant passion or love or admiration
[n] temporary love of an adolescent

Synonyms | Synonyms for Infatuation: calf love | crush | puppy love

Related Terms | Find terms related to Infatuation: affection | ardor | blind faith | bug | calf love | case | craze | crazy fancy | credulity | credulousness | crush | devotion | disposition to believe | dotage | ease of belief | enthusiasm | fanaticism | fascination | fondness | frenzy | furor | furore | fury | gross credulity | gust | gusto | likes | liking | love | mania | manic-depressive psychosis | mash | obsession | overambitiousness | overanxiety | overanxiousness | overcredulity | overcredulousness | overeagerness | overenthusiasm | overopenness to conviction | overtrustfulness | overzealousness | pash | passing fancy | passion | puppy love | rage | rash conviction | relish | stultification | taste | trustfulness | uncritical acceptance | uncriticalness | unquestioning belief | unripe acceptation | unskepticalness | unsuspectingness | unsuspiciousness | weakness | will to believe | willingness to believe | wishful belief | wishful thinking | zealotism | zealotry

See Also | love | object | passion | passionateness

Infatuation In Webster's Dictionary

\In*fat`u*a"tion\, n. [LL. infatuatio: cf. F. infatuation.] The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates. The infatuations of the sensual and frivolous part of mankind are amazing; but the infatuations of the learned and sophistical are incomparably more so. --I. Taylor. Such is the infatuation of self-love. --Blair.

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