APA Dictionary of Psychology

fascination

Updated on 04/19/2018
n.
  1. profound interest in, attraction to, or enchantment with a person, object, activity, or phenomenon.
  2. in psychoanalytic theory, an infant’s primitive attempt to master what is perceived (e.g., a light) by identifying with it. —fascinate vb.
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