Mesmerism Definition

mĕzmə-rĭzəm, mĕs-
noun
Hypnotic or irresistible attraction; fascination.
Webster's New World
Hypnotism, esp. as practiced by Mesmer in connection with his theory of animal magnetism.
Webster's New World
Hypnotism.
American Heritage Medicine

The method or power of gaining control over someone's personality or actions, as in hypnosis or suggestion.

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Singular:
mesmerism
Plural:
mesmerisms

Origin of Mesmerism

  • From French mesmérisme; so called after Franz Anton Mesmer (1734-1815), a German physician who developed the animal magnetism theory.

    From Wiktionary

  • After Franz Mesmer

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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