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man·tra M0091600 (măn′trə, mŭn′-)n.1. Hinduism A sacred verbal formula repeated in prayer, meditation, or incantation, such as an invocation of a god, a magic spell, or a syllable or portion of scripture containing mystical potentialities.2. a. A commonly repeated word or phrase, especially in advocacy or for motivation: "The mantra of solid-waste management has long been reduce, reuse, recycle" (Susan Freinkel).b. A concept or fact that is mentioned repeatedly, especially in advocacy: "Another mantra of housing bulls in America is that national average house prices have never fallen for a full year since modern statistics began" (Economist). [Sanskrit mantraḥ; see men- in Indo-European roots.] man′tric adj.mantric (ˈmæntrɪk) adjrelating to a mantraEncyclopediaSeemantra |