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captivation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | enchantment, enthrallment, fascination |
| Type of | liking |
| Derivation | captivate |
captivation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | fascination |
| Type of | enchantment, spell, trance |
| Derivation | captivate |
Examples of captivation
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He embodies a strong sense of history and tradition along with a modern worldwide event-filled captivation.
From the forbes.com
Surely the reader's interest, attention, captivation.
From the guardian.co.uk
Nature holds a special captivation for all of us.
From the toledoblade.com
It lies flat via your body of one's bust because of the ankles, curving your beautiful body figure with great captivation.
From the yallsjoynt.com
There is a lemming-like quality to today's corporate captivation with large-scale ventures in leisure-time communities.
From the time.com
For me that gem, that moment of total captivation, came in 1981, among the red-brick chimneyed houses of Headingley, a northern suburb of Leeds.
From the independent.co.uk
What Sutherland finds in the landscape is quite different, of course, from Palmer's joy in every cowslip, but it is still a form of captivation.
From the guardian.co.uk
I confess to being fascinated by smoldering summits and the tortured landscapes their eruptions leave behind, a captivation that has lured me to distant corners of the globe.
From the sfgate.com
- Fascination: the state of being intensely interested (as by awe or terror)
- A feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual
- (captivate) capture: attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts"
- (captivated) strongly attracted
- (captivated) beguiled: filled with wonder and delight
- (captivating) bewitching: capturing interest as if by a spell; "bewitching smile"; "Roosevelt was a captivating speaker"; "enchanting music"; "an enthralling book"; "antique papers of entrancing design"; "a fascinating woman"
- Adobe Captivate (formerly RoboDemo) is an electronic learning tool for Microsoft Windows, and from v.5 Mac OS X which can be used to author software demonstrations, software simulations, branched scenarios, and randomized quizzes in .swf format. It can also convert Adobe Captivate generated . ...
- Captivating is a popular and controversial book in the American/Christian market. Published in 2005 by John Eldredge and his wife Stasi, it proposes that women have three core desires: "to be romanced, to play an irreplaceable role in a great adventure, and to unveil beauty." (Eldredge 8). ...
- (captivate) Attract and hold interest and attention of; charm
