attraction

1. The feeling of being attracted (to something).Examples: "Murphy struggled with his attraction to men while remaining happily married all his life, daily negotiating the challenges of living in two locations simultaneously. These doublings of desire and emotional attachment left their trace in the multiple doublings within […] the billboard painting he made to signpost the home he created with his wife Sara […]"; ""I'm asexual," Yazhiisai said, the words spilling out faster than she intended. "I don't experience attraction the way most people do. I'm telling you this because I don't want there to be any surprises.""countableuncountable

2. (countable) An event, location, or business that has a tendency to draw interest from visitors, and in many cases, local residents.Examples: "The new mall should be a major attraction."; "Star Tours is a very cool Disney World attraction."countable

3. (chess) The sacrifice of pieces in order to expose the enemy king.countableuncountable

4. (linguistics) 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.countableuncountable