gaze

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/ɡeɪz/ English

Definitions

noun

A fixed look; a look of eagerness, wonder, or admiration; a continued look of attention.
The object gazed on.
In Lacanian psychoanalysis, the relationship of the subject with the desire to look and awareness that one can be viewed.

verb

To stare intently or earnestly.“In fact, for Antonioni this gazing is probably the most fundamental of all cognitive activities ... (from Thinking in the Absence of Image)”
To stare at.

Related words

Synonyms

gape look stare regard glance glimpse peer admire sight sights view looking standpoint set regards scrutinize respect gauze

Associated

nystagmus objectification oppositional palsy gorgon heuristic orpheus viewer cues conjugate lesion posture

Rhymes

malaise haze blaze daze blase appraise ablaze raise graze praise

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