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mesmerism::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | hypnotism, suggestion |
| Type of | influence |
| Derivation | mesmeric, mesmerist, mesmerizer |
Examples of mesmerism
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Mesmerism was also very developed in Germany under a philosophical point of view.
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Early in his career, he experimented with hypnosis, then known as mesmerism.
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Obsessed with mesmerism and her bowels, she advocated atheism with Dawkins-like fervour.
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This is a token of its visual mesmerism and incessant variety.
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He became fascinated with mesmerism and began practicing hypnosis to try to heal patients of illness.
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Mesmerism wasn't just a blip in psychology's history.
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Though discredited as a credible medical practice by many, mesmerism created a venue for spiritual healing.
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However, mesmerism didn't die with its founder.
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The practical and theoretical positions of such practices are on whole substantially different from those of mesmerism.
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- Hypnotism: the act of inducing hypnosis
- (mesmer) Austrian physician who tried to treat diseases with a form of hypnotism (1734-1815)
- (mesmeric) hypnotic: attracting and holding interest as if by a spell; "read the bedtime story in a hypnotic voice"; "she had a warm mesmeric charm"; "the sheer force of his presence was mesmerizing"; "a spellbinding description of life in ancient Rome"
- Animal magnetism, also known as mesmerism, was the name given by the German doctor Franz Friedrich Anton Mesmer in the 18th century to what he believed to be an invisible natural force exerted by animals. He believed that the force could have physical effects, including healing. He tried persistently but without success to achieve scientific recognition of his theories.
- Franz Friedrich Anton Mesmer (/u02C8mu025Bzmu0259r/; German: ; May 23, 1734 u2013 March 5, 1815) was a German physician with an interest in astronomy, who theorised that there was a natural energetic transference that occurred between all animated and inanimate objects that he called animal magnetism, sometimes later referred to as mesmerism...
- (Mesmer (Artemis Fowl)) This is a list of fictional concepts in Artemis Fowl, a novel series by Eoin Colfer.
- (Mesmer (film)) Mesmer is a 1994 Biographical film directed by Roger Spottiswoode from a script by Dennis Potter. It stars Alan Rickman as Franz Anton Mesmer and depicts his radical new ways as a pioneering physician.
- Hypnosis is a state of human consciousness involving focused attention and reduced peripheral awareness and an enhanced capacity for response to suggestion. The term may also refer to an art, skill, or act of inducing hypnosis.
- The method or power of gaining control over someone's personality or actions
