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Explore Mesmerism through 7 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like hypnotism or suggestion. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.

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Mesmerism in a sentence

Mesmerism meaning

  1. The method or power of gaining control over someone's personality or actions, as in hypnosis or suggestion.
  2. The state induced by hypnotic methods (especially that of Mesmer himself).

Synonyms of Mesmerism

hypnotism suggestion influence

Related words

Other words often associated with Mesmerism or its synonyms:

power thought prompting determiner event hint causing effect proffer suasion idea determinant

Using Mesmerism

  • The main meaning on this page is: The method or power of gaining control over someone's personality or actions, as in hypnosis or suggestion. | The state induced by hypnotic methods (especially that of Mesmer himself).
  • Useful related words include: hypnotism, suggestion, influence.
  • In the example corpus, mesmerism often appears in combinations such as: mesmerism and, of mesmerism.

Context around Mesmerism

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 5 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

rational 1× transcendental 1× bowdlerize 1× practise 1×

Sentence patterns with Mesmerism

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

designated rational mesmerism in contra 1× medicine and mesmerism with medical 1× practice of mesmerism and developed 1× practitioners of mesmerism from the 1× quixotic bowdlerize mesmerism and pasteurization 1× the transcendental mesmerism of the 1× to practise mesmerism 1× was called mesmerism or animal 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

abrahamic buddhist hollywoodize 1× braid based his 1× braid therefore revised 1× hypnotism might therefore 1× mesmer left paris 1× some contemporary scholars 1×

Common sentence endings:

capitalized or not 1× common sense alternative 1× medical qigong practices 1× of the mesmerists 1× the label magnetism 1× the procedure worked 1×

Words around Mesmerism

Just before it in the word index:

mesmerising 49 mesmerised 18 mesmerise 6 mesmeric 5 mesmer 22 meslow 3

Just after it in the word index:

mesmerists 2 mesmerize 9 mesmerized 62 mesmerizes 7 mesmerizing 104 mesmerizingly 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aakash 12 aanholt 12 aardwolf 12 abadan 12 abati 12 abcc 12

Corpus analysis for Mesmerism

  • In this selection, "mesmerism" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, rational, transcendental and bowdlerize stand out and add context to how "mesmerism" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include designated rational mesmerism in contra and medicine and mesmerism with medical. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "mesmerism" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with mesmerism

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Mesmer left Paris and went back to Vienna to practise mesmerism. (11 words)

Hypnotism might therefore not inaptly be designated, Rational Mesmerism, in contra-distinction to the Transcendental Mesmerism of the Mesmerists. (19 words)

Some contemporary scholars equate Mesmer’s animal magnetism with the Qi (chi) of Traditional Chinese Medicine and mesmerism with medical Qigong practices. (22 words)

Longer example sentences

Braid based his practice on that developed by Franz Mesmer and his followers (which was called "Mesmerism" or " animal magnetism "), but differed in his theory as to how the procedure worked. (31 words)

The word "mesmerize", formed from the last name of Franz Mesmer, was intentionally used to separate practitioners of mesmerism from the various "fluid" and "magnetic" theories included within the label "magnetism". (31 words)

Braid therefore revised the theory and practice of Mesmerism and developed his own method of hypnotism as a more rational and common sense alternative. (24 words)

Example sentences (7)

Hypnotism might therefore not inaptly be designated, Rational Mesmerism, in contra-distinction to the Transcendental Mesmerism of the Mesmerists.

Abrahamic, Buddhist, Hollywoodize, Freudianism, and Reagonomics are capitalized; quixotic, bowdlerize, mesmerism, and pasteurization are not; aeolian, and alpinism may be capitalized or not.

Braid based his practice on that developed by Franz Mesmer and his followers (which was called "Mesmerism" or " animal magnetism "), but differed in his theory as to how the procedure worked.

Braid therefore revised the theory and practice of Mesmerism and developed his own method of hypnotism as a more rational and common sense alternative.

Mesmer left Paris and went back to Vienna to practise mesmerism.

Some contemporary scholars equate Mesmer’s animal magnetism with the Qi (chi) of Traditional Chinese Medicine and mesmerism with medical Qigong practices.

The word "mesmerize", formed from the last name of Franz Mesmer, was intentionally used to separate practitioners of mesmerism from the various "fluid" and "magnetic" theories included within the label "magnetism".

Common combinations with mesmerism

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "mesmerism" in a sentence?
An example: "Hypnotism might therefore not inaptly be designated, Rational Mesmerism, in contra-distinction to the Transcendental Mesmerism of the Mesmerists." This page contains 7 example sentences with the word "mesmerism" from authentic English texts.
What does "mesmerism" mean?
Mesmerism means: The method or power of gaining control over someone's personality or actions, as in hypnosis or suggestion.
What are synonyms of "mesmerism"?
Common synonyms of "mesmerism" include: hypnotism, suggestion, influence.
How many example sentences with "mesmerism" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 7 example sentences with "mesmerism", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.