| Mesmerism (n.) 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 Magnetism. Thesaurus Entries animal magnetism, hypnology, hypnosis, hypnotherapy, hypnotic suggestion, hypnotism, mesmerism, mesmerization, od, odyl, odylic force, posthypnotic suggestion, power of suggestion, self-hypnosis, self-suggestion, suggestibility, suggestion therapy, suggestionism |