ALCHEMY

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Meaning:

A pseudoscientific forerunner of chemistry in medieval times

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("alchemy" is a kind of...):

pseudoscience (an activity resembling science but based on fallacious assumptions)

Domain member category:

athanor (a furnace that feeds itself so as to maintain a uniform temperature; used by alchemists)

Derivation:

alchemic; alchemical (related to or concerned with alchemy)

alchemist (one who was versed in the practice of alchemy and who sought an elixir of life and a panacea and an alkahest and the philosopher's stone)

alchemize (alter (elements) by alchemy)

Meaning:

The way two individuals relate to each other

Example:

a mysterious alchemy brought them together

Synonyms:

alchemy; chemistry; interpersonal chemistry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Hypernyms ("alchemy" is a kind of...):

social relation (a relation between living organisms (especially between people))