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