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Definition of Hypnotism

1. Noun. The act of inducing hypnosis.

Definition of Hypnotism

1. n. 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.

Definition of Hypnotism

1. Noun. The art of inducing hypnosis. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hypnotism

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Medical Definition of Hypnotism

1. 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. Origin: Gr. Sleep: cf. F. Hypnotisme. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Hypnotism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1895)
"Dr. Cocke describes the effect of hypnotism upon the sense of touch and upon pain, ... He states that if this condition of auto-hypnotism is induced upon an ..."

2. The Cumulative Book Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1901)
"hypnotism Prof TC Cole's ¡r. complete mail course in hypnotism. Cole. TC pa. ... Manual of instructions in the art of hypnotism and suggestive therapeutics. ..."

3. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1891)
"As a memory can be recalled, so a memory can be obliterated by hypnotism. LFB hypnotism AND THE BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. In July, 1890, the British ..."

4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Taking up the latest teachings of Home, Canon Moureau, of Lille, writes: "hypnotism is tolerated, in theory and in practice, to the exclusion of phenomena ..."

5. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1874)
"It was, naturally, not at all surprising that hypnotism, ... Then much was said in the journals about "hypnotism" in hens, the description of which had ..."

6. The Contemporary Review (1893)
"AS one of the earliest writers on the new hypnotism in this countr and almost if not quite the first physician to practise it, I fe called upon to make some ..."

7. Fact and Fable in Psychology by Joseph Jastrow (1900)
"In the presentation, from the point of view of modern hypnotism, of the more important steps in the tortuous and laborious transition from unbridled ..."

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