rooting interest

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rooting interest (plural rooting interests)

  1. (idiomatic) a desire for, or interest in, the success of a particular person or group, often a sports team
    • 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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