mesmerism
The method or power of gaining control over someone's personality or actionsThe method or power of gaining control over someone's personality or actions.
Meaning
3 senses(broadly, countable, uncountable)The method or power of gaining control over someone's personality or actions.
Near-synonyms: hypnosis, hypnotism, power of suggestion
The method or power of gaining control over someone's personality or actions.
(broadly, countable, uncountable)The theory and practice of Mesmer himself or his disciples, which involved hypnosis and a superstructure of theory that included animal magnetism.
(countable, uncountable)The state induced by hypnotic methods (especially those of Mesmer himself).
Near-synonyms: hypnosis, trance
- the act of inducing hypnosis
Translations
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Origin
From French mesmérisme, analysable as Mesmer + -ism; so called after Franz Anton Mesmer (1From French mesmérisme, analysable as Mesmer + -ism; so called after Franz Anton Mesmer (1734–1815), a German physician who developed the animal magnetism theory.
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Forms
plural: mesmerisms| Singular | mesmerism |
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Synonyms
5 synonyms- the act of inducing hypnosis:hypnotismsuggestion
Word family
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable