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Svengali
[ sven-gah-lee, sfen- ]
noun
- a person who completely dominates another, usually with selfish or sinister motives.
Svengali
/ ɛˈɡɑːɪ /
noun
- a person who controls another's mind, usually with sinister intentions
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of Svengali1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of Svengali1
Example Sentences
Sure, the movie is timely — perhaps even too obvious — but Strong’s performance as the Svengali behind Donald Trump’s rise to power is an important chronicle of how evil is forged.
Young girl, guitar, her own songs – there's no male producer or a male Svengali who's pulling the strings.
Additionally, they trickled out the role of gullible parents, who had outsourced the supervision of their children to Svengali coaches who were purportedly their tickets to athletic success, college scholarships and Olympic medals.
Shinn is by no means the first entertainment industry Svengali to profit off other people’s talent and physical labor.
Adam Neumann was the tall, handsome, barefoot, tequila-shooting, weed-smoking Svengali who booked rap stars for the office party, had aspirations to live forever, become the world's first trillionaire and expand his company to Mars.
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