attraction

Definition

The tendency to attract.

Etymology

From Middle English attraccioun, from Old French attraction, from Latin attractio from past participle of attrahō (= ad + trahō), equivalent to attract + -ion.

Example Sentences

• "The Moon is held in its orbit by the attraction of the Earth's gravity."
• "I felt a strange attraction towards the place."
• "When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose. And the queerer the cure for those ailings the bigger the attraction. A place like the Right Livers' Rest was bound to draw freaks, same as molasses draws flies."

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