In general, an 'attraction' draws one object towards another one.
★ In physics, 'attraction' may refer to
gravity or to the
electromagnetic force.
★ If a person finds an object, situation, feeling, another person, etc., attractive, then he/she/it is considered enjoyable/desireable.
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★ If it is another person who is found to be attractive, it is called '
interpersonal attraction'; this is not necessarily sexual, and can be due to an
appeal of facial features. Friendship and possibly romance can follow if the attraction is mutual.
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Sexual attraction is a more specific form of the above case.
★ In entertainment, 'attraction' is a
theatrical production.
★ In grammar, '
attraction' is the process by which a
relative pronoun takes on — that is, is "attracted to" — the
case of its
antecedent.
★ In metaphysics, '
Law of Attraction' posits that a mental disposition will attract equivalent external circumstances and events.
See also
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Tourist attraction