infatuation
noun
in·fat·u·a·tion
in-ˌfa-chə-ˈwā-shən 
-chü-ˈā-
plural infatuations
1
: a feeling of foolish or obsessively strong love for, admiration for, or interest in someone or something : strong and unreasoning attachment
She speaks openly about the real-life subject of one of her songs, a conservatory teacher who is both a neighbor in her apartment building and the unwilling object of her obsessive infatuation.—
Sasha Frere-Jones
Sasha Frere-JonesCraig Claiborne wrote about it in 1963, when he was deep in his infatuation with dill and meatballs and all things Nordic.—Amanda Hesser
Amanda Hesser2
: the object of an unreasoning or foolish attachment
And then, I began trying to forge their autographs. I'm not sure why I did it at first, but it became an infatuation.—Zach Selwyn
Zach Selwyn
Examples of infatuation in a Sentence
had a brief infatuation with the captain of the ski team
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On her last press tour, for Poor Things, Emma Stone wore a stunning rotation of Louis Vuitton gowns with exceptional sleeves, which echoed her character Bella's infatuation with a puff-sleeve silhouette.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 21 June 2024
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—Zoe Yu, Longreads, 28 May 2024
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—IEEE Spectrum, 29 May 2024
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Sam Reed, Glamour, 21 June 2024
Which brings us to the Lakers’ sudden infatuation with Dan Hurley.
—Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 10 June 2024
At least a part of this infatuation is the fact that the reality of girlhood is anything but Barbie-ish.
—Zoe Yu, Longreads, 28 May 2024
Hypersonic passenger planes, deep-sea thermal-energy power plants, chording keyboards—all have their adherents, eager to jump at the chance of covering their infatuation.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for infatuation
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“Infatuation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/infatuation. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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