惑溺

• 読み: わくでき
• ローマ字: wakudeki
• 漢字の分解: 惑 (waku) — bewilderment, delusion; 溺 (deki) — drown, be captivated
• 発音: /wakɯdeki/

意味

Infatuation; addiction; being enslaved by. A state of being so captivated by something that one loses rational judgement.

A noun describing total enthralment to a person, idea, or vice — a degree of obsession that overrides reason and self-control. More literary and severe than 夢中 (absorbed in) or 執着 (attachment), 惑溺 implies that one is 'sinking in' to the object of fixation. Rarely used in casual speech; found in literary, critical, and historical texts.

例文

1. 賭博への惑溺が彼の人生を破滅に追いやった。
2. 権力に惑溺した指導者は最終的に孤立していく。
3. 若き詩人はロマン主義思想への惑溺から抜け出せなかった。

使い方ガイド

場面: literary, history, psychology, moral critique

トーン: critical

起源と歴史

From 惑 (to be bewildered, to lose one's way) and 溺 (to drown, to be submerged). The combination of 'bewilderment' and 'drowning' powerfully evokes being submerged and disoriented by an obsession.

文化的背景

時代: Classical–Present

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Educated