animal magnetism en · NOUN
Etymology
Calque of French magnétisme animal; 18th century. The pseudoscientific sense (sense 2) predates the sense that is now the more common one.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Sexual attractiveness; charisma derived from non-intellectual characteristics.
Near-synonym: sex appeal
- (qualifier:mesmerism, uncountable) A magnetic fluid or ethereal medium said to reside in the bodies of animate beings.
Synonyms
Translations (14)
pt mesmerismo (magnetic fluid or ethereal medium said to reside in the bodies of animate beings) · pt magnetismo animal (magnetic fluid or ethereal medium said to reside in the bodies of animate beings) · fr magnétisme animal (magnetic fluid or ethereal medium said to reside in the bodies of animate beings) · pl magnetyzm zwierzęcy (magnetic fluid or ethereal medium said to reside in the bodies of animate beings) · cs biomagnetismus (magnetic fluid or ethereal medium said to reside in the bodies of animate beings) · lt mesmerizmas (magnetic fluid or ethereal medium said to reside in the bodies of animate beings) · ro magnetism animal (magnetic fluid or ethereal medium said to reside in the bodies of animate beings) · it mesmerismo (magnetic fluid or ethereal medium said to reside in the bodies of animate beings) · no mesmerisme (magnetic fluid or ethereal medium said to reside in the bodies of animate beings) · nl magnetiseur (magnetic fluid or ethereal medium said to reside in the bodies of animate beings) · es mesmerismo (magnetic fluid or ethereal medium said to reside in the bodies of animate beings) · sv mesmerism (magnetic fluid or ethereal medium said to reside in the bodies of animate beings) · de Animalischer Magnetismus (magnetic fluid or ethereal medium said to reside in the bodies of animate beings) · fi mesmerismi (magnetic fluid or ethereal medium said to reside in the bodies of animate beings)