Meaning of INFATUATION
| Pronunciation: | | in`fachoo'eyshun
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- [n] an object of extravagant short-lived passion
- [n] foolish and usually extravagant passion or love or admiration
- [n] temporary love of an adolescent
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| | Synonyms: | | calf love, crush, puppy love |
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| | See Also: | | love, object, passion, passionateness | |
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| | Definition: | | Infatuation
Demanding that editor Wade Beresford repair her damaged reputation, beautiful daytime star Desney Westbourne finds herself unexpectedly attracted to Wade, and as passion blossoms between them, scandal threatens to destroy their newfound love. Original. more details ... |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \In*fat`u*a"tion\, n. [LL. infatuatio: cf. F.
infatuation.]
The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly;
that which infatuates.
The infatuations of the sensual and frivolous part of
mankind are amazing; but the infatuations of the
learned and sophistical are incomparably more so. --I.
Taylor.
Such is the infatuation of self-love. --Blair.
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| | Related Terms: | | affection, ardor, blind faith, bug, calf love, case, craze, crazy fancy, credulity, credulousness, crush, devotion, disposition to believe, dotage, ease of belief, enthusiasm, fanaticism, fascination, fondness, frenzy, furor, furore, fury, gross credulity, gust, gusto, likes, liking, love, mania, manic-depressive psychosis, mash, obsession, overambitiousness, overanxiety, overanxiousness, overcredulity, overcredulousness, overeagerness, overenthusiasm, overopenness to conviction, overtrustfulness, overzealousness, pash, passing fancy, passion, puppy love, rage, rash conviction, relish, stultification, taste, trustfulness, uncritical acceptance, uncriticalness, unquestioning belief, unripe acceptation, unskepticalness, unsuspectingness, unsuspiciousness, weakness, will to believe, willingness to believe, wishful belief, wishful thinking, zealotism, zealotry |
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