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fascination

/fæsɪˈneɪʃən/ noun B2
  1. The state or condition of being fascinated. (countable, uncountable) · To my fascination, the skies turned all kinds of colours.
  2. Something which fascinates. (countable, uncountable) · Life after death had always been a great fascination to him.

Plural fascinations

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“But what was the meaning of it all?” said Mowgli, who did not know anything of a python’s powers of fascination.
The Jungle Book, p. 61 · B2
“You’ll have to learn to resist the fascination of Idle-whatever-you-call-it.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 88 · C1
It has a fascination of its own, that bend, Marilla.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 323 · C1
Franz, who seemed attracted by some invisible influence towards the count, in which terror was strangely mingled, felt an extreme reluctance to permit his friend to be exposed alone to the singular fascination that this mysterious personage seemed to exercise over him, and therefore made no objection to Albert’s request, but at once accompanied him to the desired spot, and, after a short delay, the count joined them in the salon.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 411 · C1

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