See svengali on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "Named for the hypnotist character Svengali in George du Maurier's novel Trilby. More at citations.",
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "2005 October 15, Hamilton Spectator:",
"text": "She also offers a fascinating glimpse into a more innocent age before svengalis began colluding with marketing men and TV execs to promote talentless wannabes to overnight success.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2014 March 31, in Jon Ronson’s “Lost at Sea”",
"text": "The Tam Paton of today is nothing like the fearsome Svengali you would see on television during the Roller years. (It is used in multiple other occasions in this book)"
},
{
"ref": "2016 February 2016, in Hugh Hewitt's \"Six reasons Trump is still better than Clinton\" in the Washington Examiner",
"text": "Donald's daughter and Svengali Ivanka is a smart, smart, smart lady with an extraordinary intellect and influence on her father."
},
{
"ref": "2016 November 18, Jamelle Bouie, “Government by the Worst Men”, in Slate:",
"text": "We have Stephen Bannon, the former head of Breitbart known for his open ties to white supremacists, anti-Semites, and foreign reactionaries in France and Russia. Bannon is a Svengali of sorts for the ugliest forces in American and international politics, a man who believes the Western world is in a fundamental struggle with Islam and who sees multiculturalism and liberal openness as a threat to the future of the West.",
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"One who manipulates or controls another as by some mesmeric or sinister influence; especially a coach, mentor or industry mogul."
],
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"manipulate",
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"control",
"control"
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"mesmeric",
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],
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"sinister",
"sinister"
],
[
"influence",
"influence"
],
[
"coach",
"coach"
],
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"mentor",
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],
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"mogul",
"mogul"
]
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"word": "manipulator"
},
{
"word": "spin doctor"
},
{
"word": "éminence grise"
},
{
"word": "power broker"
},
{
"word": "kingmaker"
},
{
"word": "puppet master"
},
{
"word": "string-puller"
}
],
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{
"word": "Svengali"
}
],
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "One who manipulates or controls another as by some mesmeric or sinister influence; especially a coach, mentor or industry mogul.",
"word": "maquiavélico"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "One who manipulates or controls another as by some mesmeric or sinister influence; especially a coach, mentor or industry mogul.",
"word": "rasputiniano"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "One who manipulates or controls another as by some mesmeric or sinister influence; especially a coach, mentor or industry mogul.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Manipulator"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "One who manipulates or controls another as by some mesmeric or sinister influence; especially a coach, mentor or industry mogul.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Strippenzieher"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "One who manipulates or controls another as by some mesmeric or sinister influence; especially a coach, mentor or industry mogul.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Drahtzieher"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "One who manipulates or controls another as by some mesmeric or sinister influence; especially a coach, mentor or industry mogul.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Puppenspieler"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "One who manipulates or controls another as by some mesmeric or sinister influence; especially a coach, mentor or industry mogul.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Graue Eminenz"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "One who manipulates or controls another as by some mesmeric or sinister influence; especially a coach, mentor or industry mogul.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Königsmacher"
}
],
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"Trilby (novel)"
]
}
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"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/svɛŋˈɡɑːli/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑːli"
}
],
"word": "svengali"
}
{
"etymology_text": "Named for the hypnotist character Svengali in George du Maurier's novel Trilby. More at citations.",
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}
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},
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"word": "spin doctor"
},
{
"word": "éminence grise"
},
{
"word": "power broker"
},
{
"word": "kingmaker"
},
{
"word": "puppet master"
},
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{
"ref": "2005 October 15, Hamilton Spectator:",
"text": "She also offers a fascinating glimpse into a more innocent age before svengalis began colluding with marketing men and TV execs to promote talentless wannabes to overnight success.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2014 March 31, in Jon Ronson’s “Lost at Sea”",
"text": "The Tam Paton of today is nothing like the fearsome Svengali you would see on television during the Roller years. (It is used in multiple other occasions in this book)"
},
{
"ref": "2016 February 2016, in Hugh Hewitt's \"Six reasons Trump is still better than Clinton\" in the Washington Examiner",
"text": "Donald's daughter and Svengali Ivanka is a smart, smart, smart lady with an extraordinary intellect and influence on her father."
},
{
"ref": "2016 November 18, Jamelle Bouie, “Government by the Worst Men”, in Slate:",
"text": "We have Stephen Bannon, the former head of Breitbart known for his open ties to white supremacists, anti-Semites, and foreign reactionaries in France and Russia. Bannon is a Svengali of sorts for the ugliest forces in American and international politics, a man who believes the Western world is in a fundamental struggle with Islam and who sees multiculturalism and liberal openness as a threat to the future of the West.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"One who manipulates or controls another as by some mesmeric or sinister influence; especially a coach, mentor or industry mogul."
],
"links": [
[
"manipulate",
"manipulate"
],
[
"control",
"control"
],
[
"mesmeric",
"mesmeric"
],
[
"sinister",
"sinister"
],
[
"influence",
"influence"
],
[
"coach",
"coach"
],
[
"mentor",
"mentor"
],
[
"mogul",
"mogul"
]
],
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"George du Maurier",
"Trilby (novel)"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/svɛŋˈɡɑːli/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑːli"
}
],
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{
"word": "Svengali"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "One who manipulates or controls another as by some mesmeric or sinister influence; especially a coach, mentor or industry mogul.",
"word": "maquiavélico"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "One who manipulates or controls another as by some mesmeric or sinister influence; especially a coach, mentor or industry mogul.",
"word": "rasputiniano"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "One who manipulates or controls another as by some mesmeric or sinister influence; especially a coach, mentor or industry mogul.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Manipulator"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "One who manipulates or controls another as by some mesmeric or sinister influence; especially a coach, mentor or industry mogul.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Strippenzieher"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "One who manipulates or controls another as by some mesmeric or sinister influence; especially a coach, mentor or industry mogul.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Drahtzieher"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "One who manipulates or controls another as by some mesmeric or sinister influence; especially a coach, mentor or industry mogul.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Puppenspieler"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "One who manipulates or controls another as by some mesmeric or sinister influence; especially a coach, mentor or industry mogul.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Graue Eminenz"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "One who manipulates or controls another as by some mesmeric or sinister influence; especially a coach, mentor or industry mogul.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Königsmacher"
}
],
"word": "svengali"
}
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