mesmerism
Origin of mesmerism
1Other words from mesmerism
- mes·mer·ist, noun
Words Nearby mesmerism
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How to use mesmerism in a sentence
All this I admit to be the fever of the mind—a waking dream—an illusion to which mesmerism or magic is but a frivolity.
The perpetual presence of all this beauty has somewhat the effect of mesmerism or chloroform.
George Eliot's Life, Vol. I (of 3) | George EliotThe lady who is the subject of it is a relation of the writer, and is no believer in the "Mysteries of mesmerism."
"Now this is pure mesmerism, I declare," said the colonel, on whom not a gesture of the Takur was lost.
From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan | Helena Pretrovna BlavatskyMr. Y—— was a novice in our Society and looked with distrust even on such phenomena as can be pro-duced by mesmerism.
From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan | Helena Pretrovna Blavatsky
British Dictionary definitions for mesmerism
/ (ˈmɛzməˌrɪzəm) /
a hypnotic state induced by the operator's imposition of his will on that of the patient
an early doctrine concerning this
Origin of mesmerism
1Derived forms of mesmerism
- mesmerist, noun
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