captivation
nounEtymology From captivate + -ion.
1
The act of captivating or the state of being captivated.
- But the test of an oration is not only its immediate effect; there are tricks of elocution, a jugglery of manner, and even a personal captivation that so win the senses as to bewilder the judgment.1851, Henry Theodore Tuckerman, Characteristics of Literature: Illustrated by the Genius of Distinguished Writers:
- Derived terms
- recaptivation