attraction

(ə-trăk'shən)
n.

1. The act or capability of attracting.
2. The quality of attracting; charm.
3. 1. A feature or characteristic that attracts.
   2. A person, place, thing, or event that is intended to attract: The main attraction was a Charlie Chaplin film.
4. 1. The electric or magnetic force exerted by oppositely charged particles, tending to draw or hold the particles together.
   2. The gravitational force exerted by one body on another.

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noun

The power or quality of attracting: allure, allurement, appeal, attractiveness, call, charisma, charm, draw, enchantment, enticement, fascination, glamour, lure, magnetism, witchery. Informal pull. See like/dislike.

n

Definition: drawing attention; something which draws attention
Antonyms: repulsion, revulsion

IN BRIEF: The power of generating interest.

One attraction in coming to the woods to live was that I should have leisure and opportunity to see the spring come in. — Henry David Thoreau

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The force or influence by which one object is drawn toward another.

For a list of words related to attraction, see:

• Flirtation, Dating, and Courting - attraction: sexual and romantic interest

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - tiltrækning, tiltrækningskraft

Nederlands (Dutch)
attractie, zwaartekracht, aantrekkelijkheid, aantrekkingskracht

Français (French)
n. - (Phys, fig) attraction, attrait(s), séductions (npl)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Anziehung, Attraktion, Reiz, Anziehungskraft

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - έλξη, θέλγητρο, γοητεία, αξιοθέατο, ατραξιόν, νούμερο

Italiano (Italian)
attrazione, fascino

Português (Portuguese)
n. - atração (f), fascinação (f), encanto (m)

Русский (Russian)
притяжение, аттракцион, шоу, привлекательность, очарование, сила притяжения

Español (Spanish)
n. - atracción, atractivo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - attraktion, dragningskraft

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
吸引, 吸引人的事物, 吸引力

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 吸引, 吸引人的事物, 吸引力

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 끄는 힘(매력), 인기물, 견인, 인력

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 魅力, アトラクション, 引きつけること, 引力

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) جذب, جاذبيه, فتنه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮משיכה, אטרקציה, אדם או דבר המושכים שימת-לב, כוח-משיכה בין גופים (פיסיקה), נטייה לשינוי במילה לצורה לא-נכונה בהשפעת מלים שכנות‬

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