enthrallment
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8.4
- noun
- /ɪnˈθrɔlmənt/
:
fascinación
- Her enthrallment with the stunning artwork kept her mesmerized for hours at the gallery.
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.
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The children listened in enthrallment as the storyteller wove a magical tale about distant lands.
Synonyms
105
3.4
A very strong interest that makes you pay close attention
11
5.4
Giving full attention to something so you forget other things
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6.5
A feeling of great wonder and pleasure as if under a magic spell
1
6.7
A strong feeling of being very interested and charmed by something
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7.0
Full attention to something that makes you forget other things
A feeling of deep wonder and delight that makes you unable to look away
A strong feeling of complete fascination that holds your attention
Antonyms
How Captivated
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word enthrallment comes from the old word thrall, which meant 'slave', with en- meaning 'put into', like in the word enslave. So, enthrallment is like being 'put into' someone's power — completely held and fascinated.