HYPNOTISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hypnotism mean? 

• HYPNOTISM (noun)
  The noun HYPNOTISM has 1 sense:

1. the act of inducing hypnosis

  Familiarity information: HYPNOTISM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYPNOTISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of inducing hypnosis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

hypnotism; mesmerism; suggestion

Hypernyms ("hypnotism" is a kind of...):

influence (causing something without any direct or apparent effort)

Derivation:

hypnotist (a person who induces hypnosis)

 Context examples 

When I saw the signs of the dawn I got ready for the hypnotism.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Therapeutic use of hypnotism.

(Hypnotherapy, NCI Thesaurus)

I thought that it was another occasion for hypnotism, and without question went for the Professor.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Then tell me—for I am student of the brain—how you accept the hypnotism and reject the thought reading.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Nor in hypnotism—"Yes," I said. "Charcot has proved that pretty well."

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)