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Word | Mesmerism |
Italian Meaning | ipnotismo, mesmerismo, teoria del medico austriaco Franz Mesmer sul magnetismo animale |
the act of inducing hypnosis / The art of inducing an extraordinary or abnormal state of the nervous system, in which the actor claims to control the actions, and communicate directly with the mind, of the recipient. See Animal magnetism, under Magnetism. / the therapeutic system of F. A. Mesmer., | |
Usage | ⇒ Particularly after the dramatic and well-publicized cure of the journalist Harriet Martineau, interest escalated amongst the intellectual élite in therapeutic mesmerism and its use as an anaesthetic |
Synonyms | hypnotism, enchantment, hypnosis, suggestion, animal magnetism, bewitchery, exorcism, magnetism, spell, allure, autosuggestion, bedevilment, clairvoyance, conjuration, demonology, diablerie, fascination, fetishism, hint, hoodoo, |
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