Synonyms for magnetism

Grammar : Noun

Spell : mag-ni-tiz-uh m

Phonetic Transcription : ˈmæg nɪˌtɪz əm

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Définition of magnetism

Origin : 1610s, from Modern Latin magnetismus (see magnet + -ism). Figurative sense of "personal charm" is from 1650s; in the hypnotic sense it is from Mesmer (see mesmerize). Meaning "science of magnetics" is recorded from early 19c.

noun charm, attractiveness

Example sentences :

In the unlimited power of her magnetism, what a trifle she had asked of him!
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

They felt his magnetism, like the hum when you pass a power station.
Extract from : « The Adventurer » by Cyril M. Kornbluth

They ascribed it to some change in the magnetism of the iron shell and disk.
Extract from : « Little Masterpieces of Science: » by Various

The steel behaves as if it were isolated from its own magnetism.
Extract from : « Little Masterpieces of Science: » by Various

If magnetism be an antecedent factor, magnetism may be its product.
Extract from : « The Machinery of the Universe » by Amos Emerson Dolbear

Let us go for universals; for the magnetism, not for the needles.
Extract from : « Essays, Second Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

It isn't anything, as positively distinguished from heat or magnetism or life.
Extract from : « The Book of the Damned » by Charles Fort

The set was wrecked when the magnetism—or whatever it was—took hold of us.
Extract from : « The Winged Men of Orcon » by David R. Sparks

It is really a monograph on magnetism written in the thirteenth century.
Extract from : « Old-Time Makers of Medicine » by James J. Walsh

She felt the magnetism of her companion's words, his compelling gaze.
Extract from : « Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo » by E. Phillips Oppenheim

Antonyms for magnetism

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