attraction

Plural

attractions

1. 1.The tendency to attract.

   • The new mall should be a major attraction.
   • Star Tours is a very cool Disney World attraction.
   • The Moon is held in its orbit by the attraction of the Earth's gravity.

2. 2.The feeling of being attracted (to something), that is, being drawn toward it; a desire to be near or involved (in something).

   • I've always had an attraction to blondes.
   • Our attraction to sugar makes it hard to stop eating it.
   • I don't think my husband has ever acted on any of his attractions.

3. 3.An error in language production that incorrectly extends a feature from one word in a sentence to another, e.g. when a verb agrees with a noun other than its subject.

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