Added 9 October 2026
fascination
/fæsɪˈneɪʃən/ noun
Latin root: fascinare Wiktionary
noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about fascination at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- The act of bewitching, or enchanting
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The state or condition of being fascinated.
To my fascination, the skies turned all kinds of colours.
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Something which fascinates.
Life after death had always been a great fascination to him.
Origin
From Latin fascinare ("to bewitch"), possibly from Ancient Greek βασκαίνιεν (baskaínien, “to speak ill of; to curse”). Morphologically fascinate + -ion.
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