different between mesmerise vs mesmerism

English

Verb

mesmerise (third-person singular simple present mesmerises, present participle mesmerising, simple past and past participle mesmerised)

1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of mesmerize.

English

Etymology

From French mesmérisme, analysable as Mesmer +? -ism; so called after Franz Anton Mesmer (1734–1815), a German physician who developed the animal magnetism theory.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?zm????z?m/
• Hyphenation: mes?mer?ism

Noun

mesmerism (countable and uncountable, plural mesmerisms)

1. The method or power of gaining control over someone's personality or actions, as in hypnosis or suggestion.
   • 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 23:

     What is the secret mesmerism which friendship possesses, and under the operation of which a person ordinarily sluggish, or cold, or timid, becomes wise, active, and resolute, in another's behalf?

2. The state induced by hypnotic methods (especially that of Mesmer himself).

Derived terms

• mesmeric
• mesmerist
• mesmerize
• mesmerized
• mesmerizing

Translations

See also

• hypnosis
• somnolism

Further reading

• mesmerism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• mesmerism in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Romanian

Etymology

From French mesmérisme

Noun

mesmerism n (uncountable)

1. mesmerism

Declension