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Meanings of hypnotism in English

Portuguese
hipnotismo
Catalan
hipnotisme

The act of inducing hypnosis.

        hipnotismo
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        Examples for "suggestion"
        Examples for "suggestion"
        1
        That final suggestion formed the basis for a Government amendment, later withdrawn.
        The Irish Times
        2
        However, Mr Ford today stated his unwillingness to even countenance the suggestion.
        The Irish Times
        3
        However, I wish to point out an implication of Commander Neeson's suggestion.
        Beyond The Frontier: Dreadnaught
        4
        Judge Davis already rejected such a suggestion ahead of the second trial.
        Wired
        5
        Yes, you've made a good suggestion, and a politically correct one too.
        Enigma of China
        1
        On the track he is able to perform an act of mesmerism.
        The Guardian
        2
        Some thought mesmerism could account for it, and others thought it miraculous.
        The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862 / A Maga...
        3
        It was simply hypnotism, mesmerism, said the elder man when he concluded.
        Katherine's Sheaves
        4
        Besides being an infinitesimal homeopathist this man was a devotee to mesmerism.
        A Practical Illustration of "Woman's Right to Labor" / A Letter ...
        5
        Forget Marr, a queer fish evidently, with possibly a power of mesmerism.
        Flames
        Usage of hypnotism in English
        1
        Harry was pleased but insisted that we continue with the hypnotism treatments.
        Spitting off tall buildings
        2
        Very well; the very source, the very center of hypnotism is Paris.
        Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 4 (1886-1900)
        3
        We have some fairly well known instances of hypnotism produced in animals.
        Complete Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism / H...
        4
        Yet the same hypnotism may influence birds outside the nest, I suppose.
        Set in Silver
        5
        Bachman reports the history of a case of hyperidrosis cured by hypnotism.
        Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
        6
        Acupuncture, hypnotism, nicotine patches - he had tried them all without success.
        The Irish Times
        7
        It is now known that hypnotism may be regarded as artificial catalepsy.
        The Wonder Island Boys: Treasures of the Islands
        8
        If it was a case of hypnotism, it was very neatly done.
        The Beetle: A Mystery
        9
        He was a man well acquainted with the hypnotism of dubious schemes.
        The Price of Love
        10
        Let us glance, therefore, at the findings of hypnotism and kindred phenomena.
        Four-Dimensional Vistas
        11
        Concentration of attention, whatever the method of producing hypnotism, is absolutely necessary.
        Complete Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism / H...
        12
        Possibly there were also traces of hypnotism and telepathic influence, upon occasion.
        The Problems of Psychical Research / Experiments and Theories in...
        13
        Some observers claim they are rendered insensible to pain by self-induced hypnotism.
        Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
        14
        He switched to communication by the Venerian method, telepathically, but without hypnotism.
        Invaders from the Infinite
        15
        It was simply hypnotism, mesmerism, said the elder man when he concluded.
        Katherine's Sheaves
        16
        He didn't know because he never got outside the hypnotism of self.
        Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough
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        Hypnotism through the time
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