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ALCHEMY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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)
Sense 2
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))
