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fatal attraction  

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  • Fatal attraction refers to a relationship process in which a quality that an individual comes to dislike in an intimate partner closely relates to one that was attractive and initially appealing. The disliked quality often appears as an exaggerated form of the originally attractive characteristic. [Source: Encyclopedia of Human Relationships; Fatal Attraction]

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