infatuation
20
5.1
- noun
- /ɪnˌfæʧuˈeɪʃən/
:
enamoramiento
- Many people experience infatuation during their teenage years, often mistaking it for true love.
So last one is take your time because infatuation always fades.
- So last one is take your time because infatuation always fades.
- And yet his infatuation through attraction blinds him from that reality.
- Are those core principles in place that really say, no, this is actual love and not just infatuation or an unhealthy attachment?
- And there is the infatuation with the parts of somebody's being that are flashy or very enchanting at the beginning.
- So no, the desire that goes with that in erotic attraction, if infatuation, whatever you want to call it, is on a different level than mere expediency.
- Maybe it's love mixed with obsession, infatuation or other issues.
- Limerance is obsession and also can be interpreted by infatuation.
- Generally I start and this is to not blocking tuition, but to protect sometimes from infatuation.
- We have this infatuation right now in society with being presents, and it's because people are consumed with their phones.
Examples
-
Look, don't worry, the infatuation will soon fade.
-
So a year later, when I met Dev, I was ripe for an infatuation.
Fiction book (1995) -
So this is what is I think behind his infatuation with her.
-
Not, of course, that my infatuation was any secret to her.
Fiction book (1991) -
You will stop this ridiculous infatuation.
-
There's the feeling of infatuation that feels like love, right?
-
You don't think this is just infatuation, do you?
Fiction book (1994) -
She said from the beginning, it was just an infatuation.
-
And there's a big difference between love and infatuation.
-
And he had been blinded by his infatuation for Oriana.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
271
2.9
A short strong feeling of attraction to someone you like
7
3.7
A strong short romantic feeling often felt by young people
1
7.5
A short innocent romantic feeling that teenagers often have
A strong feeling of love or great liking for people and things such as art and music
Antonyms
How Strong
Surface Forms
Morphology
infatuation = infatuate (semi-transparent) = in + fatu + ate + ion
Formed from the verb 'infatuate' plus the nominalizing suffix '-ion'; because the base verb contains an obscure root ('fatu-'), the relation is not fully transparent to learners.
Etymology
Infatuation comes from Latin parts in- and fatuus, where fatuus means 'foolish'. It once meant 'made foolish', so an infatuation is a strong but short love that can make you act foolish and not think clearly.