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Mystiques is the plural of mystique, the aura of mystery or specialized knowledge surrounding a person, activity, or subject.
Where a single mystique might attach to one thing—the mystique of French cooking—mystiques covers multiple instances: The mystiques surrounding various martial arts traditions attract devoted practitioners.
Something hard to fathom
- intrigueSecret plotting or fascination
- fascinationIntense absorbed interest
- charismaMagnetic personal appeal
- magnetismForce between poles
aura · appeal · glamour · seductiveness · charm · captivation · spell · enchantment
Excessive veneration of leader
- legendUnverified traditional tale
- mythTraditional explanatory tale
- reputationCollective opinion of someone
- imageVisual or mental likeness
prestige · cachet · status · celebrity · icon · fame · renown · stardom
Concealed information
- hidden knowledgeInformation deliberately kept concealed
- arcanaEsoteric specialized knowledge
- esotericAccessible to few
- occultConcealed from view
clandestine · veiled · shrouded · concealed · confidential · cryptic · enigmatic · impenetrable
Worthy of reverence
- divineOf or from gods
- transcendentExceeding usual boundaries
- numinousSpiritually awesome, beyond ordinary
- holyDedicated to the divine
ritualistic · shamanic · priestess · oracle · visionary · prophetic · otherworldly · supernatural
enigma
Something hard to fathom
- intrigueSecret plotting or fascination
- fascinationIntense absorbed interest
- charismaMagnetic personal appeal
magnetism · aura · appeal · glamour · seductiveness · charm · captivation · spell · enchantment · bewitchment
cult of personality
Excessive veneration of leader
- legendUnverified traditional tale
- mythTraditional explanatory tale
- reputationCollective opinion of someone
image · prestige · cachet · status · celebrity · icon · fame · renown · stardom · larger-than-life
secrets
Concealed information
- hidden knowledgeInformation deliberately kept concealed
- arcanaEsoteric specialized knowledge
- esotericAccessible to few
occult · clandestine · veiled · shrouded · concealed · confidential · cryptic · enigmatic · impenetrable · inscrutable
sacred
Worthy of reverence
- divineOf or from gods
- transcendentExceeding usual boundaries
- numinousSpiritually awesome, beyond ordinary
holy · ritualistic · shamanic · priestess · oracle · visionary · prophetic · otherworldly · supernatural · ethereal
mystiquestransparency
State of being see-through
transparencies · openness · clarity · clarities · candor
mystiquesordinariness
State of being unremarkable
banality · mundanity · banalities · mundaneness · commonness
- The Feminine MystiqueLandmark second-wave manifesto
- feminine mystiqueGlorified female domesticity ideology