Mesmerism Definition
 mĕzmə-rĭzəm, mĕs- 
    noun
  
 Hypnotic or irresistible attraction; fascination.
 Webster's New World 
Hypnotism, esp. as practiced by Mesmer in connection with his theory of animal magnetism.
 Webster's New World 
Hypnotism.
 American Heritage Medicine 
The method or power of gaining control over someone's personality or actions, as in hypnosis or suggestion.
Wiktionary 
Other Word Forms of Mesmerism
Noun
Singular:
 mesmerismPlural:
 mesmerismsOrigin of Mesmerism
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From French mesmérisme; so called after Franz Anton Mesmer (1734-1815), a German physician who developed the animal magnetism theory.
From Wiktionary
 After Franz Mesmer
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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