/fas'euh nay"sheuhn/ , n.
1. the power or action of fascinating.
2. the state or an instance of being fascinated: They watched in fascination.
3. a fascinating quality; powerful attraction; charm: the fascination of foreign travel.
4. Cards. a form of solitaire.
[ 1595-1605; fascination- (s. of fascinatio ) a bewitching. See FASCINATE, -ION ]