fascinance

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/ˈfæsɪnəns/

noun

A transformational and creative gaze, contrasted with the Lacanian "fascinum".

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Meanings

nounfascinance (uncountable)
  1. uncountablematrixial theoryA transformational and creative gaze, contrasted with the Lacanian "fascinum".

    […]Ettinger's fascinance is a moment that has transformational properties, allowing a working-through of mother–daughter relations[…]

    2011, Halina Brunning, Psychoanalytic Reflections on a Changing World
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    In this spiral movement, the psyche-spirit of the painter, in itself already an expression of trans-subjective psychic involvment^([sic]), is embroidered by a passionate actively-passive fascinance.

    2009, Bracha Ettinger, Fragilization and Resistance

Origin

See fascinate. Coined by Bracha L. Ettinger.

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APA

fascinance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fascinance

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“fascinance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fascinance. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fascinance,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fascinance.

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