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mesmerism

N การ สะกดจิต  hypnosis hypnotism kan-sa-kod-jid

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MESMERISM

Mes "mer *ism, n. Etym: [From Mesmer, who first brought it into notice at Vienna, about 1775: cf. F. mesmérisme.]

 

Defn: 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. See Animal magnetism, under Magnetism.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

mesmerism

mes mer ism |ˈmezməˌrizəm ˈmɛzmərɪzəm | noun historical the therapeutic system of F. A. Mesmer. (in general use ) hypnotism. DERIVATIVES mes mer ist |-ist |noun ORIGIN late 18th cent.: named after F. A. Mesmer, Franz Anton .

 

Oxford Dictionary

mesmerism

mes ¦mer |ism |ˈmɛzmərɪz (ə )m | noun [ mass noun ] historical the therapeutic system of F. A. Mesmer. (in general use ) hypnotism. DERIVATIVES mesmerist noun ORIGIN late 18th cent.: named after F. A. Mesmer, Franz Anton .

 

Duden Dictionary

Mesmerismus

Mes me ris mus Substantiv, maskulin , der |Mesmer i smus |nach dem deutschen Arzt F. Mesmer (1734 –1815 )Therapie, die sich auf die Annahme stützt, dass dem Menschen innewohnende magnetische Kräfte eine heilende Wirkung auf Kranke, besonders Nervenkranke, haben können

 

Spanish Dictionary

mesmerismo

mesmerismo nombre masculino 1 Doctrina propuesta por el médico austriaco Franz Mésmer (1734 -1815 ), según la cual los humores o fluidos de los cuerpos sólidos provocan en el sistema nervioso movimientos de atracción o repulsión .2 Método psicoterapéutico basado en esta doctrina .