mystique

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  1. noun 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.

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  • It's her mystique, and I doubt it has changed much in the last half century. —  Patterson, James - [Alex Cross 12] - Cross
  • Britain anybody who sees drunken young women on the pull in city centres knows that, for that generation, feminine mystique is already well nigh extinct. —  Home | Mail Online
  • There's simply too much information, commentary, deconstruction, praise, criticism and satire for a mystique to hold up. —  Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
  • This battle of the headlines, though, ignores the digital reality that mystique is now hard to acquire, retain, and regain once lost. —  Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
  • Although exquisite ruby and sapphire are actually similar, their mystique are also being differentiate. —  ReadABlog.com New Blogs and RSS Feeds
 

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  1. French, mystical, mystique, from Latin mysticus; see mystic.
 

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