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UK
/tˌælɪsmˈænɪk/
]
ADJECTIVE
-
possessing or believed to possess magic power especially protective power
a talismanic amulet
How To Use talismanic In A Sentence
- Throughout their long and distinguished careers, critics often claimed the two talismanic England midfielders could not play alongside each other for their country. The Sun
- Throughout their long and distinguished careers, critics often claimed the two talismanic England midfielders could not play alongside each other for their country. The Sun
- In primitive tribes, the names of people, places and things have talismanic powers.
- Selected as a mascot for the Beijing Olympics, the chiru, a talismanic creature that is actually more goat than antelope, is much in demand for its fine shahtoosh wool. When a Billion Chinese Jump
- If the 25-year-old was less unassuming and more cagey, he would know that is not the sort of thing a team's talismanic striker is meant to say.
- Perched directly in front of her is a talismanic teapot. Times, Sunday Times
- The grant of a patent can too often assume a talismanic significance for those closely involved in its conception and development.
- While bibles were kept in libraries, books used talismanically (primarily in masses and oathrituals) were the responsibility of the sacrist. The Times Literary Supplement
- It is something talismanic, totemic, intangible, all-consuming, corrosive, compulsive, elusive, indefinable.
- a talismanic amulet