Synonyms for mesmerism
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : mez-muh-riz-uh m, mes- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɛz məˌrɪz əm, ˈmɛs- |
Top 10 synonyms for mesmerism Other synonyms for the word mesmerism
- attractiveness
- aura
- autohypnosis
- beguilement
- bewitchery
- captivatingness
- charm
- deep sleep
- drawing power
- hypnonanalysis
- hypnotic attraction
- hypnotism
- influence
- IT
- lure
- magic
- magnetism
- mesmerism
- OD
- odyl
- odylic force
- personal appeal
- pizzazz
- power
- pull
- seductiveness
- sex appeal
- sexiness
- sexual attraction
- spell
- spell-casting
- suggestion
- witchcraft
- witchery
Définition of mesmerism
Origin :- "hypnotism," 1802, from French mesmérisme, named for Franz Anton Mesmer (1734-1815), Austrian physician who developed a theory of animal magnetism and a mysterious body fluid which allows one person to hypnotize another. Related: Mesmerist.
- As in magnetism : noun charm, attractiveness
- As in hypnotism : noun bewitchment
- As in animal magnetism : noun magnetic personal charm
- "It must have been done by mesmerism, I fancy," rejoined Mr. Meek.
- Extract from : « Roland Cashel » by Charles James Lever
- Animal magnetism or mesmerism had been involved in mystery and empiricism.
- Extract from : « Buchanan's Journal of Man, September 1887 » by Various
- Mesmerism is a trance and seems to me almost identical with somnambulism.
- Extract from : « Buchanan's Journal of Man, January 1888 » by Various
- You know what an excitement there has been about mesmerism in Paris this summer?
- Extract from : « Buchanan's Journal of Man, January 1888 » by Various
- I know of no other thing in which there is so much entertainment as mesmerism.
- Extract from : « Buchanan's Journal of Man, January 1888 » by Various
- They teach nothing of mesmerism or hypnotism at the universities.
- Extract from : « Buchanan's Journal of Man, July 1887 » by Various
- Then I'll tell you what: there is going to be a lecture on Mesmerism to-night.
- Extract from : « Heartsease » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- Well, granted that I possess a sort of mesmerism, may I use it for Nora's benefit?
- Extract from : « Red Rose and Tiger Lily » by L. T. Meade
- She then experimented to some extent with mesmerism and clairvoyance.
- Extract from : « Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing » by George Barton Cutten
- I have heard it said that there isn't any truth in mesmerism.
- Extract from : « The Wonder Island Boys: Treasures of the Island » by Roger Thompson Finlay
Antonyms for mesmerism
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