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TALISMANIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does talismanic mean?
• TALISMANIC (adjective)
The adjective TALISMANIC has 1 sense:
1. possessing or believed to possess magic power especially protective power
Familiarity information: TALISMANIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Possessing or believed to possess magic power especially protective power
Context example:
a talismanic amulet
Similar:
supernatural (not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material)
Derivation:
talisman (a trinket or piece of jewelry usually hung about the neck and thought to be a magical protection against evil or disease)
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