infatuation
n.a strong feeling of love or attraction for someone that is usually short-lived. It is like a crush that you get very excited about but it does not last forever.
n.a strong but usually short-lived feeling of romantic or sexual attraction. Often carries a connotation of being obsessive or irrational.
“His infatuation with the new car lasted only a week.”
“The politician's sudden infatuation with the young actress caused a scandal in the media.”
“While the initial infatuation with the project was intense, the team eventually realized that the long-term benefits were far less significant than the initial excitement suggested.”
“An infatuation with the idea of Lilac, with her public persona and her authorial voice, is complicated by a first glancing and then apparently deepening encounter with the real thing.”
“He overcame all that, in addition to his onetime wavering faith and even an infatuation with Malcolm X and the Black Power movement, to become one of the greatest conservatives in American history.”