svengali

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One who manipulates or controls another as by some mesmeric or sinister influence; especially a coach, mentor or industry mogul

She also offers a fascinating glimpse into a more innocent age before svengalis began colluding with marketing men and TV execs to promote talentless wannabes to overnight success.

{i} person who completely dominates another (usually with evil motives), one who exerts controlling influence over another person (named after the evil hypnotist in George Du Maurier's novel "Trilby")

One who manipulates or controls another as by some mesmeric or sinister influence; especially with reference to coaches, mentors or industry moguls

a man who has the power to control people's minds and make them do bad or immoral things (Svengali, character who uses hypnotism to get control over people in the book Trilby (1894) by George Du Maurier)

the musician in a novel by George du Maurier who controls Trilby's singing hypnotically someone (usually maleficent) who tries to persuade or force another person to do his bidding

Etimoloji

() Named from a character in George du Maurier's novel Trilby.