Synonyms for infatuation
ɪnˌfætʃ uˈeɪ ʃənin·fat·u·a·tion

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1. infatuation

   Synonyms:
   fatuity, hallucination, madness, self-deception

   Antonyms:
   clear-sightedness, sagacity, wisdom, sanity, soundness

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1. infatuationnoun

   a foolish and usually extravagant passion or love or admiration

   Synonyms:
   puppy love, calf love, crush

2. puppy love, calf love, crush, infatuationnoun

   temporary love of an adolescent

   Synonyms:
   puppy love, crushed leather, jam, crush, calf love, press, compaction, crunch

3. infatuationnoun

   an object of extravagant short-lived passion

   Synonyms:
   puppy love, calf love, crush

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1. • Object
   • Passion

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1. limerance

   Submitted by DDGurov on December 7, 2020  

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1. infatuationnoun

   Synonyms:
   folly, foolishness, hallucination, want of sound judgment

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1. List of paraphrases for "infatuation":

   whim, crush

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1. infatuation

   Synonyms:
   Puppy love

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1. Dean Phillips:

   She made several comments to folks that we obtained through an interview, comments that were troubling with regards her infatuation with Columbine, the recognition the Columbine anniversary was coming this weekend.

2. Tony Abbott:

   We want to know why he wasn't being monitored given his history of violence, his history of mental instability and his history of infatuation with extremism.

3. Erik Pevernagie:

   A doorway is an ambiguous phenomenon, a liminal spot in a person’s life. A door can be a choice, a possibility, a protection or an aperture to new-fangled values. It can mean a barrier, a prison or a gate to freedom. It can, however, vanish in the mist of unawareness by lack of social concern. At that moment, our freedom has become our jail and we feel locked up in our own liberty. Any exit has waned: the doorway has been absorbed in the stupor of our infatuation. ( “In the doorway” )

4. Tony Abbott:

   This was the act of someone who was way beyond any mainstream, any mainstream, and has been rightly, absolutely repudiated by all the communities of Australia, we want to know why he wasn't being monitored, given his history of violence, his history of mental instability, and his history of infatuation with extremism.

5. Deborah Carr:

   When people first fall in love, where they first feel infatuation, sometimes logic goes out the window, there's lots of data showing that logical thought patterns sometimes get lost in the fray when someone really is very attracted to a person or they're feeling the throes of passion.