单词 | mind cure |
释义 | > as lemmasmind cure mind cure n. the supposed curing of a disease by the mental powers of the healer (frequently attributive). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > non-scientific treatments > [noun] > treatment by psychical influence mind-healing1826 psychopathy1851 mind cure1855 phrenopathy1855 psychotherapeutics1872 mental healing1885 suggestion1887 psychotherapy1892 psychotherapeutica1901 1855 Asylum Jrnl. No. 11. 161/2 Mind-cure institutions are not often painted by their late inmates in such uniformly roseate colors, as the water-cure institutions. 1902 W. James Varieties Relig. Experience iv. 94 A current..has recently poured over America..to which..I will give the title of the ‘Mind-cure movement’. 1984 D. Cupitt Sea of Faith vi. 157 They are of what used to be called the ‘mind-cure’ type that seeks to relieve guilt and anxiety and to promote personal integration and a heightened self-awareness. 1992 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 17 May 43/2 Prominent among the late 19th-century ancestors of the recovery movement were the notion of ‘mind cure’ and the New Thought and Christian Science movements. < as lemmas |
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