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单词 phreno-magnetism
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phreno-magnetismn.

Brit. /ˌfriːnəʊˈmaɡnᵻtɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌfrinoʊˈmæɡnəˌtɪz(ə)m/; see also phreno- comb. form.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: phreno- comb. form, magnetism n.
Etymology: < phreno- comb. form + magnetism n. Compare phreno-magnetic adj., phreno-mesmerism n.Attributed to Charles Caldwell (active in the 1840s) in the source cited in quot. 1981.
Now historical.
The supposed stimulation of the phrenological organs by magnetism or mesmerism.
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the world > the supernatural > the paranormal > [noun] > mesmerism > application to the brain
mesmero-phrenology1842
phreno-magnetism1842
phreno-mesmerism1843
1842 Pennsylvanian (Philadelphia) 20 May 2/2 The matter of ‘Phreno-Magnetism’, as it is called, will..be a leading theme in the columns of ‘The Magnet’.
1843 J. C. Colquhoun (title) The fallacy of phreno-magnetism detected and exposed.
1854 T. H. Huxley Lay Serm. (1870) v. 99 The simple physiological phænomena known as spirit-rapping, table-turning, phreno-magnetism.
1910 Daily Press (Sheboygan, Wisconsin) 18 June 3/5 Phreno-magnetism is a phenomenon which can be tested readily by anyone interested.
1981 Isis 72 256 He [Charles Caldwell] blended phrenology with another pseudoscience, animal magnetism, to form phreno-magnetism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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