mantra
noun/ˈmæntrə/
/ˈmɑːntrə/, /ˈmæntrə/
- a word, phrase or sound that is repeated again and again, especially during prayer or meditation
- a Buddhist mantra
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- a statement or slogan that is often repeated
- the environmental mantra of ‘reduce, reuse, recycle’
Word Originlate 18th cent.: Sanskrit, literally ‘instrument of thought’, from man ‘think’.
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