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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts;
- Example: "her personality held a strange attraction for him"
[syn: attraction, attractiveness]

2. sexual allure;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Attractive \At*tract"ive\, a. [Cf. F. attractif.] 1. Having the power or quality of attracting or drawing; as, the attractive force of bodies. --Sir I. Newton. [1913 Webster] 2. Attracting or drawing by moral influence or pleasurable emotion; alluring; inviting; pleasing. "Attractive graces." --Milton. "Attractive eyes." --Thackeray. [1913 Webster] Flowers of a livid yellow, or fleshy color, are most attractive to flies. --Lubbock. [1913 Webster] -- At*tract"ive*ly, adv. -- At*tract"ive*ness, n. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

attractiveness n 1: the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts; "her personality held a strange attraction for him" [syn: attraction, attractiveness] 2: sexual allure [ant: unattractiveness]