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Recent Examples of infatuation
The infatuations of late elementary school solidified into something different, something more intense.
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Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 21 June 2025
Her lonely, unrequited infatuation will drive her to dangerous, desperate acts.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 5 June 2025
In fact, research shows that romantic love without the obsessive intensity of early infatuation is not only possible in long-term relationships, but strongly associated with marital satisfaction, well-being and self-esteem.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Influential celebrities like Pamela Anderson and Kate Moss ended up wearing white sneakers casually throughout the ‘90s, with new companies and styles cropping up to satisfy the growing thirst for this versatile footwear — timeless enough to successfully transcend brief cultural infatuations.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 25 June 2025
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Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 21 June 2025
Her lonely, unrequited infatuation will drive her to dangerous, desperate acts.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 5 June 2025
In fact, research shows that romantic love without the obsessive intensity of early infatuation is not only possible in long-term relationships, but strongly associated with marital satisfaction, well-being and self-esteem.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Influential celebrities like Pamela Anderson and Kate Moss ended up wearing white sneakers casually throughout the ‘90s, with new companies and styles cropping up to satisfy the growing thirst for this versatile footwear — timeless enough to successfully transcend brief cultural infatuations.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infatuation
crush
Noun
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Jamie Lee Curtis knows Stephen Colbert has a crush on her husband Christopher Guest.—
Emlyn Travis,
EW.com,
30 July 2025
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Vernes will play Carson, a Junior Olympian and popular student at New Sunnydale Academy who is the object of Nova’s (Armstrong) crush and starts noticing her after a life-changing event.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
30 July 2025
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“Infatuation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infatuation. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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