captivation
- n the state of being intensely interested (as by awe or terror)
- n a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual
- There is a lemming-like quality to today's corporate captivation with large-scale ventures in leisure-time communities.
- Diane Keaton, we are told, is radiant enough to ensnare Beatty's Jack Reed and Nicholson's Eugene O'Neill -- but it's a captivation the viewer somehow doesn't share.
- The result is like a pointillist painting: up close, these events are a sea of bright dots; step back, and they are a captivation of the splendor, spirit and stupidity of our .