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noun
The method or power of gaining control over someone's personality or actions, as in hypnosis or suggestion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The state induced by hypnotic methods (especially that of Mesmer himself).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
the act of inducing hypnosis
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: hypnotism, suggestion
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Broader terms: influence
History
From French mesmérisme, analysable as Mesmer + -ism; so called after Franz Anton Mesmer (1734–1815), a German physician who developed the animal magnetism theory.
Across languages
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