"law of attraction" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: laws of attraction [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|laws of attraction}} law of attraction (plural laws of attraction)
  1. (physics) A physical law describing how bodies attract one another, as by gravitation or electromagnetism. Related terms: magical thinking, wishful thinking
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  2. (New Age) The purported law according to which thinking about someone or something attracts it and causes it or the individual to manifest in one's life. Tags: New-Age Translations (New Age purported rule of manifestation): vetovoiman laki (Finnish), loi de l’attraction [feminine] (French), prawo przyciągania [masculine] (Polish), ley de atracción [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-law_of_attraction-en-noun-sOpLjRq2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of 'New Age purported rule of manifestation': 34 66

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