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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Everest was not the only point of fascination for British explorers of a bygone era.
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The Sunday Times reported Salazar’s fascination with infusions of l-carnitine, which is an amino acid that is not banned by USADA but infusions of more than 50 milliliters are prohibited.
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As the 150th anniversary of Wright's June 8 birth approaches, his plan for the Mile-High Illinois, as it's often called, remains an object of fascination and curiosity.
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Seeing the Trumps together over the course of their nine-day trip aroused the fascination Americans have with all White House marriages.
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The novel explores a spectrum of racial attitudes - from sympathy to fascination to outright revulsion.
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Why the fascination with playing historical figures like the Marquis de Sade, Peter Sellers, Leon Trotsky, even God?
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The baroque plot, with its allusions to far-reaching power across time and geography, plays into the public's long-running, conspiracy-minded fascination with the male secret society's lore.
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All concerned were held there by both fascination and embarrassment as, piece by piece, excess by excess, expense account by expense account, Machinist deconstructed Hayden and the Magellan burn rate.
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First Known Use of fascination
1605
FASCINATION Defined for Kids
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playDefinition of fascination for Students
: a great interest in or attraction to something
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