enthrallment

Examples

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• Tracing its contours not only reveals the ideological logic of our enthrallment with hoarders but also provides an opportunity to consider a rhetorical legacy in need of reimagining.

  Academic text (2016)

• Irrespective of the Obama administration and the wider US government's enthrallment with Israel, Israel and Hamas had a truce, which Israel broke.

  Blog text (11)

• I believe at some point I have written of my boyhood enthrallment with sleight-of-hand magic.

  Fiction book (2001)

• In the far left of the picture stands a soldier with his hands clasped, observing the scene with dreamy enthrallment.

  Academic text (1996)

• One does not trade one set of sacrosanct freedoms for the surreptitious enthrallment of communism or other forms of totalitarianism.

  Blog text (21)

• This curious enthrallment led, in turn, to the establishment of "The Herb Quarterly," a forum published in Newfane, Vermont, for information on all kinds of useful herbaceous plants.

  Academic text (1991)

• The manifestation of the spirit describes how spirit, in order to awaken human beings from their enthrallment with everyday reality, gives signs that are more than obvious: omens that the everyday person will overlook, while the experienced sorcerer will pay attention to such revelations.

  Academic text (1992)

• In American culture, the marketplace serves all too obviously as a primary arena for Christmas preparation, observance, and enthrallment—a central location for the commemoration and promotion of one of Christianity's highest holy days.

  Academic text (1992)

• I experienced a sense of enthrallment as I watched the breathtaking performance unfold on stage.

• The children listened in enthrallment as the storyteller wove a magical tale about distant lands.

Synonyms

F

fascination

vsenthrallment

102 3.4

A very strong interest that makes you pay close attention

adds an emotional sense of wonder and unusualness to that interest

I

immersion

vsenthrallment

20 5.4

Giving full attention to something so you forget other things

adds an emotional wonder element to that intense mental involvement

E

enchantment

vsenthrallment

14 6.5

A feeling of great wonder and pleasure as if under a magic spell

leans more toward deep fascination by wonder rather than simple delight

C

captivation

vsenthrallment

1 6.7

A strong feeling of being very interested and charmed by something

is more about deep fascination caused by wonder or the unusual

E

engrossment

vsenthrallment

1 7.0

Full attention to something that makes you forget other things

centers more on emotional captivation by something wonderful or unusual

M

mesmerization

vsenthrallment

• US

1 7.4

A strong feeling of complete fascination that holds your attention

is strong fascination centered on wonder without necessarily being hypnotic

E

entrancement

vsenthrallment

1 8.1

A feeling of deep wonder and delight that makes you unable to look away

focuses on deep fascination tied to unusual or wonderful things

Antonyms

I

indifference

66 4.6

Lack of interest or concern about something

D

disinterest

9 5.8

Not feeling interested in something, like a talk or task

How Captivated

enthrallment

1 8.4

fascination

102 3.4

attraction

160 2.1

interest

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

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Etymology