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fascination.

The act of bewitching, or enchanting

11 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/fæsɪˈneɪʃən/US
  1. The act of bewitching, or enchanting

    archaic · countable · uncountable
  2. The state or condition of being fascinated.

    countable · uncountable
    To my fascination, the skies turned all kinds of colours.
  3. Something which fascinates.

    countable · uncountable
    Life after death had always been a great fascination to him.
Where this word comes from

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

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