mesmerism.
The method or power of gaining control over someone's personality or actions.
Meaning & usage
The method or power of gaining control over someone's personality or actions.
The method or power of gaining control over someone's personality or actions. The theory and practice of Mesmer himself or his disciples, which involved hypnosis and a superstructure of theory that included animal magnetism.
The state induced by hypnotic methods (especially those of Mesmer himself).
Where this word comes from
From French mesmérisme, analysable as Mesmer + -ism; so called after Franz Anton Mesmer (1734–1815), a German physician who developed the animal magnetism theory.
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