メスメリズム

noun

mesmerism; hypnotism

Historical term for hypnotism, associated with Franz Mesmer's theory of animal magnetism. In modern Japanese, 催眠術 (saiminjutsu) is the common word for hypnotism.

See also: 催眠術 (さいみんじゅつ)

• 18世せい紀きのヨーロッパでは、メスメリズムが一いっ種しゅの治ち療りょう法ほうとして流りゅう行こうした。

  In 18th-century Europe, mesmerism became popular as a kind of therapy.

• メスメリズムは、後のちの催さい眠みん術じゅつの研けん究きゅうに影えい響きょうを与あたえた。

  Mesmerism influenced later research on hypnotism.