Fascination is the state of being greatly interested in or delighted by something.
I've had a lifelong fascination with the sea and with small boats. [+ with/of/for]
Synonyms: obsession, interest, complex [informal], enthusiasm More Synonyms of fascination
2. countable noun
A fascination is something that fascinates people.
...a series focusing on the fascinations of the British Museum.
More Synonyms of fascination
fascination in American English
(ˌfæsəˈneɪʃən)
noun
1.
a fascinating or being fascinated
2.
strong attraction; charm; allure
COBUILD Collocations
fascination
endless fascination
ghoulish fascination
morbid fascination
Examples of 'fascination' in a sentence
fascination
No other country in the world seems to hold the same fascination for the world's most powerful man.
The Sun (2017)
That was part of the charm and fascination of the series.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Was it a deviant thirst to find a lifelong fascination with such things?
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Why the endless fascination with serving food and drink?
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
And it gave me a lifelong fascination for the beach hut.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Why that should be so remains the subject of endless fascination or indignant denunciation.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Weather should be a conversation topic of endless fascination.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Endless fascination will be shown in her steadily growing bump.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
But having a fascination with why people adopt certain behaviours will always be just as important as your degree.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Gardening soon became a lifelong fascination.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
They exert a hold and a fascination that is all-consuming.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The fourth clue is the fascination that conflict holds for politicians and their hangers-on.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
We have been struck by the fascination people have for oral, local and family history.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Certainly, such things hold a great fascination.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
As an anthropological study of male bonding, the dorm and field shenanigans hold a fascination.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
A lifelong fascination with lotions and potions was born.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Although the reality is less thrilling visually than one might have hoped, it still holds a certain fascination.
The Times Literary Supplement (2012)
Many households will be watching this series in horrified fascination as they see their well-meaning parenting lampooned with such merciless accuracy.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Many households must be watching this series in horrified fascination as they see their well-meaning attempts at parenting lampooned with such merciless accuracy.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
For me they have the same fascination as the sea in movement or as tree tops, seenfrom above on a windy day.
Page, Russell The Education of a Gardener (1994)
The "hidden hand' and "fancy footwork' exercised an enduring fascination for him.
Simon Ball THE GUARDSMEN (2004)
The internet has helped to feed the fascination people have for'other' worlds.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Along the way my father's fascination with the people and places of Africa rubbed off on me.
Aidan Hartley THE ZANZIBAR CHEST: A Memoir of Love and War (2003)
In other languages
fascination
British English: fascination NOUN
Fascination is the state of being greatly interested in or delighted by something.
I've had a lifelong fascination with the sea and with small boats.
American English: fascination
Brazilian Portuguese: fascinação
Chinese: 着迷
European Spanish: fascinación
French: fascination
German: Faszination
Italian: attrazione
Japanese: 魅了された状態
Korean: 매혹
European Portuguese: fascinação
Latin American Spanish: fascinación
Chinese translation of 'fascination'
fascination
(fæsɪˈneɪʃən)
n(u/s)
着(著)迷 (zháomí)
1 (noun)
I've had a lifelong fascination with the sea.
Synonyms
obsession
yet another man with an obsession about football
interest
complex (informal)
I have never had a complex about my height.
enthusiasm
the current enthusiasm for skateboarding
hang-up (informal)
I don't have any hang-ups about my body.
preoccupation
Success in her field has always been her preoccupation.
mania
They had a mania for travelling.
fetish
I've got a bit of a shoe fetish.
fixation
Somebody has a fixation with you.
infatuation
Teenagers have their own infatuations.
ruling passion
idée fixe (French)
It is an idée fixe of mine that humanity should be doing more to save the plant.
bee in your bonnet (informal)
thing (informal)
She's got a thing about red hair.
2 (noun)
She had a charm and fascination all of her own.
Synonyms
attraction
It was never a physical attraction, just a meeting of minds.
pull
No matter how much you feel the pull of the past, try to look to the future.
spell
The King also falls under her spell.
magic
The singer believes he can still regain some of his old magic.
charm
He was a man of great distinction and charm.
lure
The lure of rural life is proving as strong as ever.
glamour
Her air of mystery only added to her glamour.
allure
It's a game that has really lost its allure.
magnetism
There was no doubting the animal magnetism of the man.
enchantment
The campsite had its own peculiar enchantment.
sorcery
The man swore never to practise sorcery again, and was released.
Additional synonyms
in the sense of allure
Definition
attractiveness or appeal
It's a game that has really lost its allure.
Synonyms
attractiveness,
appeal,
charm,
attraction,
lure,
temptation,
glamour,
persuasion,
enchantment,
enticement,
seductiveness
in the sense of charm
Definition
the quality of attracting, fascinating, or delighting people