infatuationn.
/ɪnfatjuːˈeɪʃən/ The action of infatuating, or condition of being infatuated; a making or becoming fatuous; possession with extravagant folly; an extravagantly foolish or unreasoning passion.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > besottedness, infatuation > [noun]
dotery1587
besottedness1628
fatuity1649
infatuation1649
fatuositya1680
fatuousness1874
stuckness1895
amour fou1961
limerence1977
the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > possession with extravagant folly
infatuation1649
the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [noun] > infatuation
infatuation1751
case1852
mash1870
crush1884
pash1891
rave1902
béguin1919
lurve1936
amour fou1961
1649 Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions iii. i. 223 Free from all the uncleannesse of Diabolicall infatuation.
1718 Free-thinker No. 77. 2 The Infatuation of the Enthusiast sets him above the Fear of Death.
1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 169. ⁋14 Authors and lovers always suffer some infatuation, from which only absence can set them free.
1816 J. Austen Emma I. viii. 126 Your infatuation about that girl blinds you. View more context for this quotation
1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal I. iii. 97 There never was a more obvious case of mutual infatuation.
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