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言霊思想
【ことだましそう】

[n]
▶ faith in the power of language
▶ belief that reality is affected by the spoken word
▶ speaking of a lucky (or unlucky) event will bring it about

Cross references:
	⇒ see: 2845590 言霊信仰 1. faith in the power of language; belief that reality is affected by the spoken word; speaking of a lucky (or unlucky) event will bring it about

History:

4.	A 2020-09-02 22:27:31 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	Thanks.
3.	A* 2020-09-02 15:34:29
	Comments:	Corrected a typo in the reading: ことだまましそう => ことだましそう
	Diff:	@@ -8 +8 @@ -<reb>ことだまましそう</reb> +<reb>ことだましそう</reb>
2.	A 2020-07-15 02:44:16 Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	i'm pretty sure there's an actual term for this in english. steven pinker talks about this in at least one of his books, but they're all in my office
1.	A* 2020-07-14 05:13:50 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	言霊思想 1946 言霊信仰 3147 Both in ＫＯＤ追加語彙 under 言霊, and cross-referenced. Eijiro

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