[ˈmantrə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- (originally in Hinduism and Buddhism) a word or sound repeated to aid concentration in meditation
(e.g: a mantra is given to a trainee meditator when his teacher initiates him)

- a statement or slogan repeated frequently
(e.g: the environmental mantra that energy has for too long been too cheap)


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Origin:
late 18th century: Sanskrit, literally ‘a thought, thought behind speech or action’, from man- ‘think’, related to mind