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ANIMAL MAGNETISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does animal magnetism mean?
• ANIMAL MAGNETISM (noun)
The noun ANIMAL MAGNETISM has 1 sense:
1. magnetic personal charm
Familiarity information: ANIMAL MAGNETISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Magnetic personal charm
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
animal magnetism; beguilement; bewitchery
Hypernyms ("animal magnetism" is a kind of...):
attractiveness (sexual allure)
Context examples
You seem to have a sort of genius for establishing relations with people—seempathy, I suppose, or animal magnetism, or youthful vitality, or something. I am conscious of it myself.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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