fascination

CEFRC1

/fæsɪˈneɪʃən/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A strong feeling of interest and attraction.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Something which fascinates.

Examples

  • I can't run away from the fascination of music.

  • They have a nerdy fascination.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The state or condition of being fascinated.

  2. The act of bewitching, or enchanting

More examples

In context

  • Life after death had always been a great fascination to him.

  • To my fascination, the skies turned all kinds of colours.

  • Little disappointed, then, she turned attention to "Chat of the Social World," gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Latin fascinare ("to bewitch"), possibly from Ancient Greek βασκαίνιεν (baskaínien, “to speak ill of; to curse”). Morphologically fascinate + -ion.