Gaze

/Ι‘eΙͺz/

The meaning and definition of Gaze, with examples, synonyms, and a word game to make it stick.

Definition

verb
  1. To stare intently or earnestly.
    β€œIn fact, for Antonioni this gazing is probably the most fundamental of all cognitive activities ... (from Thinking in the Absence of Image)”
  2. To stare at.
noun
  1. A fixed look; a look of eagerness, wonder, or admiration; a continued look of attention.
  2. In Lacanian psychoanalysis, the relationship of the subject with the desire to look and awareness that one can be viewed.
Synonyms gape look stare

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