fascination

[ fas-uh-ney-shuhn ]

noun

1. the power or action of fascinating. fascinating.
2. the state or an instance of being fascinated:

   They watched in fascination.

3. a fascinating fascinating quality; powerful attraction; charm:

   the fascination of foreign travel.

4. Cards. a form of solitaire.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fascination¹

1595–1605; < Latin fascinātiōn- (stem of fascinātiō ) a bewitching. See fascinate, -ion

Example Sentences

"The hatred and deviant fascination the defendants have shown in relation to the cruelty and abuse towards monkeys is incomprehensible," he said.

From BBC

Her clothing was the subject of media fascination and controversy, particularly after she was spotted wearing a jacket with the phrase “I really don’t care, do you?” during a trip to a migrant child detention centre in 2018.

From BBC

But, fascination aside, you might also reasonably ask why it still matters.

From BBC

“It won’t be the obsessive fascination with this novel phenomenon that it was last time,” said Andrew Heyward, a former CBS News president who now advises media companies.

From Los Angeles Times

At the market close on Wednesday, its share price was nearly $36, an amount that was about $36 higher than it would have been trading if it weren’t an objective of retail-trading fascination because of its association with Trump.

From Slate

Related Words

• allure
• attraction
• charm
• enchantment
• magic
• obsession