| 词汇 | mesmerism |
| 释义 | mesmerism noun[ U ] old useuk /ˈmez.mər.ɪ.zəm/ us /ˈmez.mər.ɪ.zəm/ the act of putting someone into a mental state like sleep, in which a person's thoughts can be easily influenced by someone else 催眠术 Synonym hypnotism Affecting and influencing across-the-board affect applicability be/fall under someone's influence/spellidiom bear on something carry colour ear inroad inspiration instrumental instrumentality instrumentally pen rail spill spill over sportswashing start (something) off talismanic You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Alternative & traditional therapies Related wordmesmerist Examples of mesmerismmesmerism Somnolism and psycheism; or, the science of the soul and the phenomena of nervation, as revealed by vital magnetism or mesmerism. In other words he has a previous knowledge of mesmerism acquired independently from the servant girl. The construction of a house marked the end of her six-year confinement to the sickbed and her miraculous cure by mesmerism. By the 1880s, ' mesmerism ' started to be applied scientifically. Other doctors supporting the use of mesmerism in surgery also ran into stiff opposition. At the time, ether and chloroform were being tried as anaesthetics, so the proponents of mesmerism may have faced some jealous rivals. The second chapter, on "music, mesmerism, and mental science," may be the most fascinating and seems to me to make the most original contribution. It was known for its fierce attacks on homeopathy, hydropathy, mesmerism, and other approaches considered "sectarian" and unreliable by the "regular" (allopathic) medical establishment. It was precisely this rapport, however, that many distrusted: the charge of immorality generally associated with mesmerism was intensified by the physical nature of this treatment. In its broadest sense the term 'mesmerism' referred to a spectrum of phenomena, all apparently derived from the supposed vital force or influence. Hérold's ballet-pantomime and its attendant vaudevilles encapsulated some of the ideas circulating in 1827 regarding immorality, mesmerism and the ambiguous relationship between the unconscious and the supernatural. The support of osteopathy is as a mere drop in the bucket compared with that which mesmerism received in that day. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But mesmerism has comedown to these times, and it has always had its successes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He also has the powers of mesmerism, thought-casting, illusion-casting, and astral projection. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He is a psychiatrist and explorer as well as a minor telepath and magician, specializing mostly in hypnosis and other feats of mesmerism. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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