magnetism

noun

• 1a physical phenomenon produced by the motion of electric charge, which results in attractive and repulsive forces between objects.

All magnetism is due to circulating electric currents. In magnetic materials the magnetism is produced by electrons orbiting within the atoms; in most substances the magnetic effects of different electrons cancel each other out, but in some, such as iron, a net magnetic field can be induced by aligning the atoms

• 2the ability to attract and charm people:his personal magnetism attracted men to the brotherhood