True name
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A true name is a name of a thing or being that expresses, or is somehow identical with, its true nature. The notion that language, or some specific sacred language, refers to things by their true names has been central to magic, religious invocation and mysticism (mantras) since antiquity.
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See also
- Adamic language
- Bouba/kiki effect
- Enochian
- Ineffability
- Logos
- Magic word
- Mantra
- Names of God
- Phonosemantics
- Satnam
- Shabda
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