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–noun

1.	a framework of doctrines, ideas, beliefs, or the like, constructed around a person or object, endowing the person or object with enhanced value or profound meaning: the mystique of Poe.

2.	an aura of mystery or mystical power surrounding a particular occupation or pursuit: the mystique of nuclear science.

[Origin: 1890–95; < F (adj.); see mystic

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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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mystique

1891, "atmosphere of mystery," from Fr. mystique "a mystic," from L. mysticus (see mystic).

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