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Definition of fascination
1a : the quality or power of fascinatingb : something fascinating
2 : the state of being fascinated : the state of feeling an intense interest in something
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Examples of fascination in a Sentence
the fascination that the subject of dinosaurs has for most children
Recent Examples of fascination from the Web
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Viewer fascination clearly is building as the fantasy saga based on George R.R. Martin's books draws toward its end.
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The photographs of hers that Maloof posted on Flickr in 2009 became an Internet sensation, and fascination with this mysterious, reclusive, camera-toting nanny, and an attendant cottage industry, were born.
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Viewer fascination clearly is building as the fantasy saga based on George R.R. Martin’s books draws toward its end.
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To the Bone, however well-intentioned, feed this fascination.
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As winter came to a close, this fascination increasingly expressed itself in Thoreau’s research into trees.
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This site is a journal of my (and my partner's) fascination with multidimensional/time travel, dark matter, the afterlife, etc.
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Other theories have proliferated in the 80 years since Earhart’s disappearance, which continues to be a point of fascination for both expert and amateur sleuths.
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Time for another round of my ongoing fascination with What People Are Reading On the Bus.
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First Known Use of fascination
1605
FASCINATION Defined for Kids
fascination
playDefinition of fascination for Students
: a great interest in or attraction to something
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