1
: an air or attitude of mystery (see mystery entry 1 sense 1) and reverence developing around something or someone
the legendary singer's mystique
the mystique of the liturgy
2
: the special esoteric skill essential in a calling or activity
the mystique of yoga
the mystique of hang gliding
Examples of mystique in a Sentence
There's a certain mystique to people who fight fires.
No one has been able to copy the legendary singer's mystique.
the mystique of mountain climbing
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Such improbability is what propelled the Club 27 myth to prominence, and subsequent deaths — especially Kurt Cobain’s passing — continue to fuel its mystique, Dunivin said.
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Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
And like any true cool kids, colonics are shrouded in an air of tangible mystique.
—Tayler Adigun, Essence, 31 Oct. 2024
An ancient legend tells the story of how these majestic peaks came to be, forever linking them to the landscape’s mystique and the nearby Torghatten, Norway’s iconic mountain with the hole.
—David Nikel, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
Women and working-class men won the right to vote in the United States, Western Europe and much of East Asia after about a quarter of those populations were employed in factories, according to recent research by Sam van Noort, a lecturer at Princeton.
Warehouses, by contrast, have no such mystique.
—Farah Stockman, The Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2024
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Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
And like any true cool kids, colonics are shrouded in an air of tangible mystique.
—Tayler Adigun, Essence, 31 Oct. 2024
An ancient legend tells the story of how these majestic peaks came to be, forever linking them to the landscape’s mystique and the nearby Torghatten, Norway’s iconic mountain with the hole.
—David Nikel, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
Women and working-class men won the right to vote in the United States, Western Europe and much of East Asia after about a quarter of those populations were employed in factories, according to recent research by Sam van Noort, a lecturer at Princeton.
Warehouses, by contrast, have no such mystique.
—Farah Stockman, The Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Mystique.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mystique. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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mystique
noun
mys·tique
mis-ˈtēk 
: an attitude of mystery and respect developing around something or someone
the mystique of mountain climbing
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