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Law of Attraction

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Definition:

1. When two people who are attracted to each other tend to be in close physical proximity to one another.

2. The philosophy that one's actions attract certain events and people into our lives.

3. Creating a life that would attract the kind of people one would want to associate with.

Several books throughout the twentieth century have used the term the Law of Attraction to describe methods of thinking positively and/or the idea that like attracts like. The movie "The Secret" (2006) is also based on the Law of Attraction.

Also Known As: attraction, chemistry, positive thinking
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