Words similar to name-magic

Example sentences for: name-magic

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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.
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.