Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of infatuating, or the state of being infatuated; extravagant folly; fatuous devotion or passion: as, infatuation for an unworthy object.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates.
  • noun An unreasoning love or attraction.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun temporary love of an adolescent
  • noun a foolish and usually extravagant passion or love or admiration
  • noun an object of extravagant short-lived passion

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Examples

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  • The 73-year-old media mogul's wife, Veronica Lario, said last spring she is divorcing Berlusconi for what she called his infatuation with attractive young women.

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  • The 73-year-old media mogul's wife, Veronica Lario, said last spring she is divorcing Berlusconi for what she called his infatuation with attractive young women.

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  • The 73-year-old media mogul's wife, Veronica Lario, said last spring she is divorcing Berlusconi for what she called his infatuation with attractive young women.

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  • The 73-year-old media mogul's wife, Veronica Lario, said last spring she is divorcing Berlusconi for what she called his infatuation with attractive young women.

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  • The 73-year-old media mogul's wife, Veronica Lario, said last spring she is divorcing Berlusconi for what she called his infatuation with attractive young women.

    daytondailynews.com - News 2009

  • The 73-year-old media mogul's wife, Veronica Lario, said last spring she is divorcing Berlusconi for what she called his infatuation with attractive young women.

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  • The 73-year-old media mogul's wife, Veronica Lario, said last spring she is divorcing Berlusconi for what she called his infatuation with attractive young women.

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