Definition of mesmerism in English:

mesmerism

noun ˈmɛzmərɪz(ə)mˈmɛzməˌrɪzəm

mass nounhistorical

1The therapeutic system of F. A. Mesmer.
Example sentencesExamples
- But in 1639, one hundred years before Mesmer, a book was published in Europe upon the use of mesmerism in the cure of wounds, and bore the title, The Sympathetical Powder of Edricius Mohynus of Eburo.
- He reminds us of Wallace's achievements and pins his downfall on his distracting interest in such fringe fields as mesmerism and phrenology.
- Particularly after the dramatic and well-publicized cure of the journalist Harriet Martineau, interest escalated amongst the intellectual élite in therapeutic mesmerism and its use as an anaesthetic during surgery.
- There is, as it happens, strong supporting evidence for the hypothesis that the whole episode is an example of what the practitioners of mesmerism called ‘mental travelling’.
- With the technique developed by Puységur (but often with the accompanying explanation of Mesmer), Mesmerism spread rapidly.
1. 1.1 (in general use) hypnotism.
  Example sentencesExamples
  He devoted his life to the species problem but also became a popular authority on many topics, including spiritualism, mesmerism, and phrenology.
  She even thought that mesmerism and hypnotism were occult arts.
  Another psychologist, E.M. Thornton, extends the analogy between hypnotism, mesmerism, and exorcism.
  Hypnosis has been popular in both mainstream and complementary medicine since the huge enthusiasm for mesmerism in the 19th century.
  Their ranks were equalled by marginal figures, if not blatant quacks, who also meddled in nerves through mesmerism, hypnotism, and erotic life therapies.
  For instance, there is an entire chapter on mesmerism, but hardly a paragraph on steel.
  These modernist Manhattanites are probably most closely associated with the neo-classical composer and his macro-minimalist mesmerism.
  A common idea was that these phenomena arose from the action of a biological energy dependent on the body of the medium, a clear extension of earlier concepts from mesmerism and spiritualism.
  Zvolen pulled some kind of mesmerism on me or something!
  From mesmerism and animal magnetism to theosophy and beyond, Gamwell chronicles with great seriousness attempts by modern artists to explore immanentist spiritualities.
  Mystery is our playground and mesmerism is our bedfellow.
  The Moon is the queen of mesmerism and mystification.
  It's about them, the inert, gullible, credulous, infinitely seducible public; the anonymous masses who are so bored and boring they're the perfect subjects for mesmerism.
  They called it mesmerism, hypnotism, suggestion, I know not what?
  Her sister reported that mesmerism and phrenology were also sensations in their north Alabama town while she was away.
  All the others were converted but I was to remain an implacable and unpersuadable disbeliever in mesmerism and hypnotism for close upon fifty years.
  This is clearly the case with spiritualism or the unsupported assertion that human beings must have had some supernatural help in their evolution but not the case with phrenology, mesmerism, anti-vaccination and radical land reform.
  In 1784, the French commission investigating mesmerism found that subjects appeared to know when and where they should have a convulsion only if the mesmerist was present to provide the cues.
  He was well known in religious circles and was seen as somewhat unusual in his thinking, often expressing an interest in mysticism, mesmerism and later, in the growing Spiritualist movement in America.
  What seems more likely is that Brontë was drawing on her knowledge of the science of mesmerism.

Derivatives

mesmerist

noun ˈmɛzmərɪstˈmɛzm(ə)rəst

historical

There were flyers for mesmerists, automatic writing machines, the pig-faced woman, and in one instance, an elephant - the first one to tour North America.
Example sentencesExamples
- She becomes the victim of the mesmerist Dr Miracle, who forces her to sing herself to death.
- Sir Cedric Hughes was a legend in the world of the occult, one of the finest mesmerists of his time.
- The kid mesmerized; woman secretly a mesmerist?
- Novelist Evelyn Waugh graphically described the tableau as ‘a wildly vivacious statue of the Abbe Faria, a Goan mesmerist of the Napoleonic era, caught here in hot bronze at the climax of an experiment, rampant over an entranced female.’

Origin

Late 18th century: named after F. A. Mesmer (see Mesmer, Franz Anton).

Definition of mesmerism in US English:

mesmerism

nounˈmezməˌrizəmˈmɛzməˌrɪzəm

historical

1The therapeutic system of F. A. Mesmer.
Example sentencesExamples
- With the technique developed by Puységur (but often with the accompanying explanation of Mesmer), Mesmerism spread rapidly.
- He reminds us of Wallace's achievements and pins his downfall on his distracting interest in such fringe fields as mesmerism and phrenology.
- Particularly after the dramatic and well-publicized cure of the journalist Harriet Martineau, interest escalated amongst the intellectual élite in therapeutic mesmerism and its use as an anaesthetic during surgery.
- But in 1639, one hundred years before Mesmer, a book was published in Europe upon the use of mesmerism in the cure of wounds, and bore the title, The Sympathetical Powder of Edricius Mohynus of Eburo.
- There is, as it happens, strong supporting evidence for the hypothesis that the whole episode is an example of what the practitioners of mesmerism called ‘mental travelling’.
1. 1.1 (in general use) hypnotism.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Her sister reported that mesmerism and phrenology were also sensations in their north Alabama town while she was away.
  Another psychologist, E.M. Thornton, extends the analogy between hypnotism, mesmerism, and exorcism.
  From mesmerism and animal magnetism to theosophy and beyond, Gamwell chronicles with great seriousness attempts by modern artists to explore immanentist spiritualities.
  Mystery is our playground and mesmerism is our bedfellow.
  Their ranks were equalled by marginal figures, if not blatant quacks, who also meddled in nerves through mesmerism, hypnotism, and erotic life therapies.
  For instance, there is an entire chapter on mesmerism, but hardly a paragraph on steel.
  Zvolen pulled some kind of mesmerism on me or something!
  She even thought that mesmerism and hypnotism were occult arts.
  He was well known in religious circles and was seen as somewhat unusual in his thinking, often expressing an interest in mysticism, mesmerism and later, in the growing Spiritualist movement in America.
  It's about them, the inert, gullible, credulous, infinitely seducible public; the anonymous masses who are so bored and boring they're the perfect subjects for mesmerism.
  This is clearly the case with spiritualism or the unsupported assertion that human beings must have had some supernatural help in their evolution but not the case with phrenology, mesmerism, anti-vaccination and radical land reform.
  The Moon is the queen of mesmerism and mystification.
  A common idea was that these phenomena arose from the action of a biological energy dependent on the body of the medium, a clear extension of earlier concepts from mesmerism and spiritualism.
  These modernist Manhattanites are probably most closely associated with the neo-classical composer and his macro-minimalist mesmerism.
  He devoted his life to the species problem but also became a popular authority on many topics, including spiritualism, mesmerism, and phrenology.
  What seems more likely is that Brontë was drawing on her knowledge of the science of mesmerism.
  In 1784, the French commission investigating mesmerism found that subjects appeared to know when and where they should have a convulsion only if the mesmerist was present to provide the cues.
  They called it mesmerism, hypnotism, suggestion, I know not what?
  Hypnosis has been popular in both mainstream and complementary medicine since the huge enthusiasm for mesmerism in the 19th century.
  All the others were converted but I was to remain an implacable and unpersuadable disbeliever in mesmerism and hypnotism for close upon fifty years.

Origin

Late 18th century: named after F. A. Mesmer (see Mesmer, Franz Anton).

单词	mesmerism
释义	Definition of mesmerism in English: mesmerism noun ˈmɛzmərɪz(ə)mˈmɛzməˌrɪzəm mass nounhistorical 1The therapeutic system of F. A. Mesmer. Example sentencesExamples But in 1639, one hundred years before Mesmer, a book was published in Europe upon the use of mesmerism in the cure of wounds, and bore the title, The Sympathetical Powder of Edricius Mohynus of Eburo. He reminds us of Wallace's achievements and pins his downfall on his distracting interest in such fringe fields as mesmerism and phrenology. Particularly after the dramatic and well-publicized cure of the journalist Harriet Martineau, interest escalated amongst the intellectual élite in therapeutic mesmerism and its use as an anaesthetic during surgery. There is, as it happens, strong supporting evidence for the hypothesis that the whole episode is an example of what the practitioners of mesmerism called ‘mental travelling’. With the technique developed by Puységur (but often with the accompanying explanation of Mesmer), Mesmerism spread rapidly. 1.1 (in general use) hypnotism. Example sentencesExamples He devoted his life to the species problem but also became a popular authority on many topics, including spiritualism, mesmerism, and phrenology. She even thought that mesmerism and hypnotism were occult arts. Another psychologist, E.M. Thornton, extends the analogy between hypnotism, mesmerism, and exorcism. Hypnosis has been popular in both mainstream and complementary medicine since the huge enthusiasm for mesmerism in the 19th century. Their ranks were equalled by marginal figures, if not blatant quacks, who also meddled in nerves through mesmerism, hypnotism, and erotic life therapies. For instance, there is an entire chapter on mesmerism, but hardly a paragraph on steel. These modernist Manhattanites are probably most closely associated with the neo-classical composer and his macro-minimalist mesmerism. A common idea was that these phenomena arose from the action of a biological energy dependent on the body of the medium, a clear extension of earlier concepts from mesmerism and spiritualism. Zvolen pulled some kind of mesmerism on me or something! From mesmerism and animal magnetism to theosophy and beyond, Gamwell chronicles with great seriousness attempts by modern artists to explore immanentist spiritualities. Mystery is our playground and mesmerism is our bedfellow. The Moon is the queen of mesmerism and mystification. It's about them, the inert, gullible, credulous, infinitely seducible public; the anonymous masses who are so bored and boring they're the perfect subjects for mesmerism. They called it mesmerism, hypnotism, suggestion, I know not what? Her sister reported that mesmerism and phrenology were also sensations in their north Alabama town while she was away. All the others were converted but I was to remain an implacable and unpersuadable disbeliever in mesmerism and hypnotism for close upon fifty years. This is clearly the case with spiritualism or the unsupported assertion that human beings must have had some supernatural help in their evolution but not the case with phrenology, mesmerism, anti-vaccination and radical land reform. In 1784, the French commission investigating mesmerism found that subjects appeared to know when and where they should have a convulsion only if the mesmerist was present to provide the cues. He was well known in religious circles and was seen as somewhat unusual in his thinking, often expressing an interest in mysticism, mesmerism and later, in the growing Spiritualist movement in America. What seems more likely is that Brontë was drawing on her knowledge of the science of mesmerism. Derivatives mesmerist noun ˈmɛzmərɪstˈmɛzm(ə)rəst historical There were flyers for mesmerists, automatic writing machines, the pig-faced woman, and in one instance, an elephant - the first one to tour North America. Example sentencesExamples She becomes the victim of the mesmerist Dr Miracle, who forces her to sing herself to death. Sir Cedric Hughes was a legend in the world of the occult, one of the finest mesmerists of his time. The kid mesmerized; woman secretly a mesmerist? Novelist Evelyn Waugh graphically described the tableau as ‘a wildly vivacious statue of the Abbe Faria, a Goan mesmerist of the Napoleonic era, caught here in hot bronze at the climax of an experiment, rampant over an entranced female.’ Origin Late 18th century: named after F. A. Mesmer (see Mesmer, Franz Anton). Definition of mesmerism in US English: mesmerism nounˈmezməˌrizəmˈmɛzməˌrɪzəm historical 1The therapeutic system of F. A. Mesmer. Example sentencesExamples With the technique developed by Puységur (but often with the accompanying explanation of Mesmer), Mesmerism spread rapidly. He reminds us of Wallace's achievements and pins his downfall on his distracting interest in such fringe fields as mesmerism and phrenology. Particularly after the dramatic and well-publicized cure of the journalist Harriet Martineau, interest escalated amongst the intellectual élite in therapeutic mesmerism and its use as an anaesthetic during surgery. But in 1639, one hundred years before Mesmer, a book was published in Europe upon the use of mesmerism in the cure of wounds, and bore the title, The Sympathetical Powder of Edricius Mohynus of Eburo. There is, as it happens, strong supporting evidence for the hypothesis that the whole episode is an example of what the practitioners of mesmerism called ‘mental travelling’. 1.1 (in general use) hypnotism. Example sentencesExamples Her sister reported that mesmerism and phrenology were also sensations in their north Alabama town while she was away. Another psychologist, E.M. Thornton, extends the analogy between hypnotism, mesmerism, and exorcism. From mesmerism and animal magnetism to theosophy and beyond, Gamwell chronicles with great seriousness attempts by modern artists to explore immanentist spiritualities. Mystery is our playground and mesmerism is our bedfellow. Their ranks were equalled by marginal figures, if not blatant quacks, who also meddled in nerves through mesmerism, hypnotism, and erotic life therapies. For instance, there is an entire chapter on mesmerism, but hardly a paragraph on steel. Zvolen pulled some kind of mesmerism on me or something! She even thought that mesmerism and hypnotism were occult arts. He was well known in religious circles and was seen as somewhat unusual in his thinking, often expressing an interest in mysticism, mesmerism and later, in the growing Spiritualist movement in America. It's about them, the inert, gullible, credulous, infinitely seducible public; the anonymous masses who are so bored and boring they're the perfect subjects for mesmerism. This is clearly the case with spiritualism or the unsupported assertion that human beings must have had some supernatural help in their evolution but not the case with phrenology, mesmerism, anti-vaccination and radical land reform. The Moon is the queen of mesmerism and mystification. A common idea was that these phenomena arose from the action of a biological energy dependent on the body of the medium, a clear extension of earlier concepts from mesmerism and spiritualism. These modernist Manhattanites are probably most closely associated with the neo-classical composer and his macro-minimalist mesmerism. He devoted his life to the species problem but also became a popular authority on many topics, including spiritualism, mesmerism, and phrenology. What seems more likely is that Brontë was drawing on her knowledge of the science of mesmerism. In 1784, the French commission investigating mesmerism found that subjects appeared to know when and where they should have a convulsion only if the mesmerist was present to provide the cues. They called it mesmerism, hypnotism, suggestion, I know not what? Hypnosis has been popular in both mainstream and complementary medicine since the huge enthusiasm for mesmerism in the 19th century. All the others were converted but I was to remain an implacable and unpersuadable disbeliever in mesmerism and hypnotism for close upon fifty years. Origin Late 18th century: named after F. A. Mesmer (see Mesmer, Franz Anton).
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