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 SelwynExamples of infatuation in a Sentence
had a brief infatuation with the captain of the ski team
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Sahadev Sharma, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
The infatuation with tallow appears to be one of the few times their content focuses on the same product.
—Randi Richardson, NBC News, 17 Mar. 2025
No one else would know that the crime infatuation is residing in your skull.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Their infatuations are challenged by a cunning philosopher who persuades the bros to pretend they’ve been suddenly drafted and to return later in disguise to woo each other’s fiancée.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2025
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 23 Apr. 2025.
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