Usually means: Intense fascination holding one's attention.
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  1. captivation: Merriam-Webster
  2. captivation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. captivation: Collins English Dictionary
  4. captivation: Vocabulary.com
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  6. captivation: Wiktionary
  7. Captivation, captivation: Dictionary.com
  8. captivation: Rhymezone
  9. Captivation: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. captivation: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  11. captivation: FreeDictionary.org
  12. captivation: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. Captivation: TheFreeDictionary.com
  14. Captivation: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. captivation: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition

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  1. captivation: Legal dictionary

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  1. captivation: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (captivation)

▸ noun:  The act of captivating or the state of being captivated.

Similar:
fascination, enthrallment, enchantment, capture, enrapturement, enthraller, captivity, catch, captive, bewitching, more...

Opposite:
boredom

Types:
bewitching, mesmerizing, spellbinding, enchanting, fascinating, more...

Adjectives:
such, own, preponderating, utter, complete, momentary, imaginary, amorous, same, inherent, sudden



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Similar:
fascination, enthrallment, enchantment, capture, enrapturement, enthraller, captivity, catch, captive, bewitching, more...

Opposite:
boredom

Types:
bewitching, mesmerizing, spellbinding, enchanting, fascinating, more...

Adjectives:
such, own, preponderating, utter, complete, momentary, imaginary, amorous, same, inherent, sudden



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