| 单词 | animal magnetism |
| 释义 | > as lemmasanimal magnetism animal magnetism n. [after French magnétisme animal ( F. A. Mesmer Mém. sur la découverte du magnétisme animal (1779))] (a) a supposed force or emanation to which the action of mesmerism is attributed; (also) = mesmerism n. (now historical); (b) natural charm or personal appeal; sexual attractiveness. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the paranormal > [noun] > mesmerism animal magnetism1784 magnetism1784 mesmerism1784 magnetizing1787 magnetization1801 zoomagnetism1824 tellurism1832 hypnotism1842 pathetism1843 zoistic magnetism1849 electrobiology1850 electropsychology1850 biologism1852 statuvolism1871 statuvolence1873 braidism1882 hypnosis1882 biomagnetism1887 1784 H. Walpole Let. in Academy (1882) 25 Feb. 139/1 Animal Magnetism has not yet made much impression here. 1891 New Englander (New Haven, Connecticut) 54 25 To accommodate the crowds who sought the supposed benefits of animal magnetism trees were magnetized by the doctors. About these trees patients sat in rows—holding on to cords that were attached to the trunk—and supposed that through these cords they were receiving the magnetic fluid. 1971 Homes & Gardens Aug. 34/2 A great number of young ladies considered him devastatingly attractive, so he must have exuded powerful animal magnetism. 1991 M. Daheim Just Desserts ix. 87 All of a sudden, this gorgeous hunk sort of sidled up to me. I could feel the animal magnetism. 2005 M. Roach Spook iv. 117 Od force had been making the rounds as the latest form of life force, having bumped aside Franz Mesmer's animal magnetism. < as lemmas |
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