Synonyms for magnetism
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : mag-ni-tiz-uh m |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈmæg nɪˌtɪz əm |
Top 10 synonyms for magnetism Other synonyms for the word magnetism
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
- 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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