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語源

From non- +‎ magical.

形容詞

non-magical (not comparable)

1. Not magical.
   • 1853 December 3, “Fairyland in 'Fifty-four”, in Charles Dickens, editor, Household Words, number 193:

     The entrance to Fairyland is not effected by rubbing a lamp, or clapping the hands three times, or by exclaiming “Open Sesame ;” but, as a concession to the non-magical tendencies of some of the visitors, a commutation is accepted in the shape of five shillings current money of the realm.

   • 1917, F. B. Jevons, “Magic and Religion”, in Folk-Lore‎, volume 28, page 273:

     there are no rites which are "magico-religious," for to such tribes "magical" means "non-religious," and "religious" means "non-magical"—or rather "magic" means to them what is condemned by the community, while what is approved by the community belongs to the sphere of what we call religion.

   • 2019, David. L. d’Avray, “The Concept of Magic” (chapter 4), in Sopie Page, Catherine Rider, editors, The Routledge History of Medieval Magic, Routledge, →ISBN, Part I, page 53:

     The consecration of the host at mass could be called non-magical – even though the effects follow automatically, in a manner quite different from that of supplicatory prayer – provided that the priest seems himself as an instrument of God’s power, rather than a man with a special power at his personal service.

同意語

• mundane

反意語

• magical

派生語

アナグラム

• Anglomanic