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rooting interest

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

a desire for, or interest in, the success of a particular person or group, often a sports team

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

Examples

  • 1945, {Unknown author}, Town Meeting "The very essence of drama is the creation of a rooting interest. In all your successful pictures, Connie, that rooting interest was the heroine, the character you played."

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