fascination
noun
fas·ci·na·tion
ˌfa-sə-ˈnā-shən 
1
a
: the quality or power of fascinating
b
: something fascinating
2
: the state of being fascinated : the state of feeling an intense interest in something
Examples of fascination in a Sentence
the fascination that the subject of dinosaurs has for most children
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Musk has long been a fascination of the retail crowd, which is comprised of ordinary investors who buy stocks on their own.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 19 May 2026
Experiments like Strachey’s were part of an explosion of postwar research on the relationship between mathematics and language, expressions of a broader fascination with the automation of knowledge, which crossed disciplines and suffused the culture.
—Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
And yet America has long been an object of the Georgian designer’s fascination.
—José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 17 May 2026
Meanwhile, capri pants offer the more trend-forward pairing this summer, tapping into the ongoing fascination with early-2000s dressing and proportions.
—Lauren Fisher, Footwear News, 17 May 2026
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 19 May 2026
Experiments like Strachey’s were part of an explosion of postwar research on the relationship between mathematics and language, expressions of a broader fascination with the automation of knowledge, which crossed disciplines and suffused the culture.
—Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
And yet America has long been an object of the Georgian designer’s fascination.
—José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 17 May 2026
Meanwhile, capri pants offer the more trend-forward pairing this summer, tapping into the ongoing fascination with early-2000s dressing and proportions.
—Lauren Fisher, Footwear News, 17 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for fascination
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“Fascination.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fascination. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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