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mesmerisms

mesmerisms is the plural of mesmerism.

Meaning of mesmerism

Noun

mesmerism (countable and uncountable, plural mesmerisms)

  1. (broadly) The method or power of gaining control over someone's personality or actions.
    • Near-synonyms: hypnosis, hypnotism, power of suggestion
    1. (broadly, strictly) The theory and practice of Mesmer himself or his disciples, which involved hypnosis and a superstructure of theory that included animal magnetism.
  2. The state induced by hypnotic methods (especially those of Mesmer himself).
    • Near-synonyms: hypnosis, trance
    Synonyms:
    hypnosis, trance

Questions about mesmerisms

What is mesmerisms the plural of?
Mesmerisms is the plural of mesmerism.

Words near mesmerisms in the dictionary

  1. mesmerisers
  2. mesmerises
  3. mesmerising
  4. mesmerisingly
  5. mesmerism
  6. mesmerisms
  7. mesmerist
  8. mesmerists
  9. mesmerite
  10. mesmerites
  11. mesmerizable

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