Mesmerism vs. Suggestion
Mesmerismnoun
The method or power of gaining control over someone's personality or actions, as in hypnosis or suggestion.
Mesmerismnoun
The state induced by hypnotic methods (especially that of Mesmer himself).
Mesmerismnoun
An earlier name for hypnosis or hypnotism, the art of inducing an extraordinary or abnormal state of the nervous system, in which the actor claims to control the actions, and communicate directly with the mind, of the recipient. It is believed to be a state between sleep and wakefulness, in which a person is more susceptible to suggestion than when awake. See Animal magnetism, under Magnetism.
Mesmerismnoun
the act of inducing hypnosis
Suggestionnoun
(countable) Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for)
Suggestionnoun
(uncountable) The act of suggesting.
Suggestionnoun
Something implied, which the mind is liable to take as fact.
Suggestionnoun
The act of exercising control over a hypnotised subject by communicating some belief or impulse by means of words or gestures; the idea so suggested.
Suggestionnoun
information, insinuation, speculation, as opposed to a sworn testimony and evidence
Suggestionnoun
The act of suggesting; presentation of an idea.
Suggestionnoun
That which is suggested; an intimation; an insinuation; a hint; a different proposal or mention; also, formerly, a secret incitement; temptation.
Suggestionnoun
Charge; complaint; accusation.
Suggestionnoun
Information without oath; an entry of a material fact or circumstance on the record for the information of the court, at the death or insolvency of a party.
Suggestionnoun
The act or power of originating or recalling ideas or relations, distinguished as original and relative; - a term much used by Scottish metaphysicians from Hutcherson to Thomas Brown.
Suggestionnoun
The control of the mind of an hypnotic subject by ideas in the mind of the hypnotizer.
Suggestionnoun
an idea that is suggested;
Suggestionnoun
a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection;
Suggestionnoun
a just detectable amount;
Suggestionnoun
persuasion formulated as a suggestion
Suggestionnoun
the sequential mental process in which one thought leads to another by association
Suggestionnoun
the act of inducing hypnosis
Suggestion
Suggestion is the psychological process by which one person guides the thoughts, feelings, or behavior of another person. Nineteenth-century writers on psychology such as William James used the words and in the context of a particular idea which was said to suggest another when it brought that other idea to mind.
