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animal magnetism

animal magnetism noun: sexual attractiveness; charisma derived from non-intellectual characteristics.

Noun

animal magnetism (uncountable)

  1. Sexual attractiveness; charisma derived from non-intellectual characteristics.
    • Near-synonym: sex appeal
    Synonyms:
    sex appeal
  2. (mesmerism) A magnetic fluid or ethereal medium said to reside in the bodies of animate beings.

animal magnetism meaning in Tamil

animal magnetism in Tamil

உயிர்க்காந்தம்

Synonyms of animal magnetism

Origin of animal magnetism

Calque of French magnétisme animal; 18th century. The pseudoscientific sense (sense 2) predates the sense that is now the more common one.

Questions about animal magnetism

What does animal magnetism mean?
Animal magnetism means sexual attractiveness; charisma derived from non-intellectual characteristics.
What is animal magnetism in Tamil?
Animal magnetism in Tamil is உயிர்க்காந்தம். See Animal magnetism meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is animal magnetism?
Animal magnetism is a noun.

Words near animal magnetism in the dictionary

  1. Animal Jammers
  2. animal kingdom
  3. animal liberation
  4. animal liberationist
  5. animal liberationists
  6. animal magnetism
  7. animal pole
  8. animal poles
  9. animal print
  10. animal prints
  11. animal product

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Adapted from Wiktionary: animal magnetism (page history and authors); animal magnetism (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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