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mesmerismi — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • mesmerism noun The method or power of gaining control over someone's personality or actions.

Senses

mesmerismi is used for these senses in English:

  • animal magnetism (mesmerism) A magnetic fluid or ethereal medium said to reside in the bodies of animate beings.
  • mesmerism The state induced by hypnotic methods (especially that of Mesmer himself).

mesmerism — full definition

  1. noun The method or power of gaining control over someone's personality or actions.
  2. noun The theory and practice of Mesmer himself or his disciples, which involved hypnosis and a superstructure of theory that included animal magnetism.
  3. noun The state induced by hypnotic methods (especially those of Mesmer himself).