attraction
Attraction (from French attraction = attraction, Latin ad trahere = pulling towards oneself) stands for:
- Attraction , for example through gravity in the earth's gravity field
- Sight , (synonymous expression)
- Public attraction , a special feature or a person who presents a special service at an event and can thus arouse special interest in the audience
- Ride , run , show or other attraction, as a synonymous expression in amusement parks
- Attraction and repulsion , expressions in philosophy: In phenomenology, the pair of terms attraction and repulsion appears in relation to the strange and the new. An example: something strange and unknown exerts a fascination and attraction on the observer - attraction - but also, due to its novelty, also a shyness - caution and restraint - repulsion.
- Adaptation of a dominated language form to a dominant one, usually within a sentence
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