Chemism

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Chemical power, influence, or effects.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The force exerted between the atoms of elementary substance whereby they unite to form chemical compounds; chemical attaction; affinity; -- sometimes used as a general expression for chemical activity or relationship.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. chemical attraction
  • Word Usage
    "He always carried a paper bag of them in his pocket, and he had a way of saying frequently that the chemism of his nature demanded such fare."
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    affinity