Definition of Hypnotism. Meaning of Hypnotism. Synonyms of Hypnotism

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Definition of Hypnotism

Hypnotism
Hypnotism Hyp"no*tism, n. [Gr. ? sleep: cf. F. hypnotisme.] A form of sleep or somnambulism brought on by artificial means, in which there is an unusual suspension of some powers, and an unusual activity of others. It is induced by an action upon the nerves, through the medium of the senses, as in persons of very feeble organization, by gazing steadly at a very bright object held before the eyes, or by pressure upon certain points of the surface of the body.

Meaning of Hypnotism from wikipedia

- pseudoscience or quackery. The words hypnosis and hypnotism both derive from the term neuro-hypnotism (nervous sleep), all of which were coined by Étienne...
- bush by using the rooster as bait. Werner Herzog has included chicken hypnotism in several films, including the 1968 Signs of Life, which features a scene...
- Book the Fourth: The Miserable Mill is the fourth novel of the children's novel series A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket. In this novel...
- often encourage audience members to look further into the benefits of hypnotism. The causes of behavior exhibited by volunteers in stage hypnosis shows...
- Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism is a 2015 British fantasy film directed by Christopher N. Rowley and starring Dominic Monaghan, Lesley...
- The Hypnotism Act 1952 (15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 46) is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom. The act regulates stage hypnosis ("exhibition...
- Modern Hypnotism"; however, in relation to the issue of there being significant connections between Braid's "hypnotism" and "modern hypnotism" (as practised)...
- the death of James Braid, who had adopted the term hypnotism in 1841. Braid adopted the term hypnotism (which specifically applied to the state of the subject...
- Harte, R., Hypnotism and the Doctors, Volume I: Animal Magnetism: Mesmer/De Puysegur, L.N. Fowler & Co., (London), 1902. Harte, R., Hypnotism and the Doctors...
- Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism is a 2002 children's novel by British author Georgia Byng. It is the first instalment in the Molly Moon six-book...