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n.

An aura of heightened value, interest, or meaning surrounding something, arising from attitudes and beliefs that impute special power or mystery to it: the cowboy mystique; the mystique of existentialism.

[French, mystical, mystique, from Latin mysticus. See mystic.]


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IN BRIEF: n. - An aura of heightened value or interest or meaning surrounding a person or thing.

Tutor's tip: The "mystic" (follower of a spiritual life) was inspired by the "mystique" (an air of mystery) of the moonlight.

 
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: an aura of heightened value or interest or meaning surrounding a person or thing


 
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - aura, trylleskær, myte

Nederlands (Dutch)
aura

Français (French)
n. - aura, mystère

Deutsch (German)
n. - geheimnisvoller Nimbus

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αίγλη ή ατμόσφαιρα μυστηρίου

Italiano (Italian)
mistica, fascino

Português (Portuguese)
n. - místico (m)

Русский (Russian)
загадочность

Español (Spanish)
n. - mística, misterio

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - nimbus, kult, hemligheter

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
神秘的魅力, 秘法, 奥秘的仪式

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 神秘的魅力, 秘法, 奧秘的儀式

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 신비감, 비법

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 神秘的な雰囲気, 奥義, 秘法, 神秘性

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) أسرار‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מסתורין, סוד אמנותי, תעלומה, אווירה מיסטית, מיסטיות, מיסטיקה‬


 
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