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attraction
n. inward pull; something which excites interest and attention


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Attraction
In general, an attraction draws one object towards another one.In physics, attraction may refer to gravity or to the electromagnetic force.If a person finds an object, situation, feeling, another person, etc., attractive, then he/she/it is considered enjoyable/desirable.If it is another person who is found to be attractive, it is called interpersonal attraction; this is not necessarily sexual, and can be due to an appeal of facial features. Friendship and possibly romance can follow if the attraction is mutual.Sexual attraction is a more specific form of the above case.In entertainment, attraction is a theatrical production.In grammar, attraction is the process by which a relative pronoun takes on — that is, is "attracted to" — the  case of its antecedent.In metaphysics, Law of Attraction posits that a mental disposition will attract equivalent external circumstances and events.
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attraction
Noun
1. the force by which one object attracts another
(synonym) attractive force
(antonym) repulsion, repulsive force
(hypernym) force
(hyponym) affinity
(derivation) attract
2. an entertainment that is offered to the public
(hypernym) show
(hyponym) travelogue, travelog
(derivation) attract, appeal
3. the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts; "her personality held a strange attraction for him"
(synonym) attractiveness
(hypernym) quality
(hyponym) affinity
(derivation) attract, appeal
4. a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts; "flowers are an attractor for bees"
(synonym) attractor, attracter, attractive feature, magnet
(hypernym) feature, characteristic
(hyponym) attention
(derivation) attract, appeal
5. an entertainer who attracts large audiences; "he was the biggest drawing card they had"
(synonym) drawing card, draw, attractor, attracter
(hypernym) entertainer
(derivation) attract, pull, pull in, draw, draw in


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attraction (f)
n. attraction, draw; amusement, enticement; pull; attractiveness, floor show

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Attraction
(n.)
The power or act of alluring, drawing to, inviting, or engaging; an attractive quality; as, the attraction of beauty or eloquence.
  
 
(n.)
The act or property of attracting; the effect of the power or operation of attraction.
  
 
(n.)
That which attracts; an attractive object or feature.
  
 
(n.)
An invisible power in a body by which it draws anything to itself; the power in nature acting mutually between bodies or ultimate particles, tending to draw them together, or to produce their cohesion or combination, and conversely resisting separation.
  

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