attraction
att·rac·tion
noun
2.
an entertainment that is offered to the public
3.
the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts
- “her personality held a strange attraction for him”
4.
a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts
- “flowers are an attractor for bees”
5.
an entertainer who attracts large audiences
- “he was the biggest drawing card they had”
Origin
From Middle English attraccioun, from Old French attraction, from Latin attractio from past participle of attrahō (= ad + trahō), equivalent to attract + -ion.
Phrases
- aesthetic attraction
- basin of attraction
- Coulomb attraction
- fatal attraction
- genetic sexual attraction
- inverse attraction
- law of attraction
- local attraction
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