animal magnetism

Noun

Meaning

magnetic personal charm

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

bewitchery beguilement influence enchantment appeal magic beauty attraction spell charm lure fascination mysticism magnetism seduction
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Antonyms

repulsion detestation revenge contempt denial bitterness
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Hypernyms

attractiveness

Examples

What animal magnetism drew thee and me together-I know not. Charlotte Brontë

We have people who are healers and those who posses a certain animal magnetism. Julian May

Braid based his practice on that developed by Franz Mesmer and his followers (which was called "Mesmerism" or " animal magnetism "), but differed in his theory as to how the procedure worked. Source: Internet

In 1784, without Mesmer requesting it, King Louis XVI appointed four members of the Faculty of Medicine as commissioners to investigate animal magnetism as practiced by d'Eslon. Source: Internet

Mesmer said that while Gassner was sincere in his beliefs, his cures resulted because he possessed a high degree of animal magnetism. Source: Internet

Some contemporary scholars equate Mesmer’s animal magnetism with the Qi (chi) of Traditional Chinese Medicine and mesmerism with medical Qigong practices. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

animal living in a natural state animal living in the wild animal love animal material animal mechanics animal mount