Words similar to name-magic

Example sentences for: name-magic

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There may have been superstitious reasons for this, connected with name-magic beliefs whereby the use of a living person's name would deprive him of his soul, but the practical result was that everyone was conveniently identified by a single name.
The name-magic belief in this case was that a child named after an admired figure might cause some of that person's qualities to be passed on to the child.