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/fˌæsənˈeɪʃən/ Listen

noun

Fascination n.

The act of fascinating, bewitching, or enchanting; enchantment; witchcraft; the exercise of a powerful or irresistible influence on the affections or passions; unseen, inexplicable influence. "The Turks hang old rags... upon their fairest horses, and other goodly creatures, to secure them against fascination."

The state or condition of being fascinated.

That which fascinates; a charm; a spell. "There is a certain bewitchery or fascination in words."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Fascination" Quotes from Famous Books

... clear enough in this play—the tragic moment, the life and movement, the splendid pathos, breadth of outlook and fascination of language. Yet there is a serious fault as well, for Sophocles, like the youngest of dramatists, can strangely enough make mistakes. The entry of Heracles practically makes the play double, marring its continuity. The ...

— Authors of Greece • T. W. Lumb

... have gone since the penitent soul of Lola Montez took flight to its Creator; but there must be some still living whose pulses quicken at the very mention of a name which recalls so much mystery and romance and bewildering fascination of the days when, for them, as for her, ...

— Love affairs of the Courts of Europe • Thornton Hall

... in his composition. One of these parcels, fastened with elastic rings, must be magnum bonum, and Janet, though without much chance of distinguishing it, was reading the labels with a strange, sad fascination, when, long before she had expected him, her uncle stood before her, with greatly astonished and displeased looks, and ...

— Magnum Bonum • Charlotte M. Yonge

... was attired in his customary black. He had maintained his usual phlegmatic manner all through the journey, and apparently had no intention of departing from it now. Having spent many years in New York after his arrival in America, the city's fascination for the average mortal seemed to ...

— Dorothy's Triumph • Evelyn Raymond

... I know most of the hostelries up and down this part of the river—the "Ferry" at Cookham, the "French Horn" across the Backwater, one or two at Henley, and a lovely old bungalow of a tavern at Maidenhead; but this garden of roses at Sonning has never lost its fascination for me. ...

— A Gentleman's Gentleman - 1909 • F. Hopkinson Smith

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