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INFATUATION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An object of extravagant short-lived passion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("infatuation" is a kind of...):

object (the focus of cognitions or feelings)

Derivation:

infatuate (arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A foolish and usually extravagant passion or love or admiration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("infatuation" is a kind of...):

passion; passionateness (a strong feeling or emotion)

Derivation:

infatuate (arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Temporary love of an adolescent

Synonyms:

calf love; crush; infatuation; puppy love

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("infatuation" is a kind of...):

love (a strong positive emotion of regard and affection)

Derivation:

infatuate (arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way)

Credits

 Context examples: 

The impertinence of the Eltons, which for a few minutes had threatened to ruin the rest of her evening, had been the occasion of some of its highest satisfactions; and she looked forward to another happy result—the cure of Harriet's infatuation.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

She saw that the infatuation had been created, the mischief settled, long before her quitting Bath, and it seemed as if the whole might be traced to the influence of that sort of reading which she had there indulged.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)