Crossword clues for hypnotism
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mesmerism \Mes"mer*ism\, n. [From Mesmer, who first brought it into notice at Vienna, about 1775: cf. F. mesm['e]risme.] An earlier name for hypnosis or hypnotism, the art of inducing an extraordinary or abnormal state of the nervous system, in which the actor claims to control the actions, and communicate directly with the mind, of the recipient. It is believed to be a state between sleep and wakefulness, in which a person is more susceptible to suggestion than when awake. See Animal magnetism, under Magnetism.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. The art of inducing hypnosis.
WordNet
n. the act of inducing hypnosis [syn: mesmerism, suggestion]
Usage examples of "hypnotism".
He noted that during one phase of hypnotism, known as catalepsy, the arms, limbs, etc.
Luys is an often quoted authority on hypnotism in Paris, and is at the head of what is called the Charity Hospital school of hypnotical experiments.
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At the same time the belief of the people that there was virtue in them was one of the chief means by which he was able to induce hypnotism, as we shall see later.
Here hypnotism had its origin, and the fact was established that sleep could be induced by physical agents.
English and American operators fail to see any distinction between magnetism and hypnotism, and suppose that the effect of passes, etc.
Mesmer, is in its way as much physical as the method of producing hypnotism by concentrating the gaze of the subject on a bright object, or the like.
Concentration of attention, whatever the method of producing hypnotism, is absolutely necessary.
On the question as to whether any one can produce hypnotism by pursuing the right methods there is some disagreement, but not much.
Again, since concentration is the prerequisite for producing hypnotism, one who has not the power of concentration himself, and concentration which he can perfectly control, is not likely to be able to secure it in others.
The word hypnotism means sleep, and the definition of hypnotism implies artificially produced sleep.
In the stages of hypnotism we will now consider, the will portion of the brain or mind seems to be put to sleep, while the other faculties are, abnormally awake.
It is also stated, and the present writer has seen no effective denial, that hypnotism may be produced by pressing with the fingers upon certain points in the body, known as hypnogenic spots.
The student of hypnotism will have to form a conclusion for himself as he investigates the facts.