fascination

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

  1. noun the state of being intensely interested (as by awe or terror)
  2. noun a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual
  3. noun the capacity to attract intense interest

Etymology

From Latin fascinare ("to bewitch"), possibly from Ancient Greek βασκαίνιεν (baskaínien, “to speak ill of; to curse”). Morphologically fascinate + -ion.

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captivation

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