pathetism

English

Etymology

Compare French pathétisme.

Noun

pathetism (uncountable)

1. (archaic) mesmerism; hypnosis
   • 1843, La Roy Sunderland, Pathetism: With Practical Instructions:

     From the foregoing pages it will have been seen, that by what I denominate pathetism, is meant susceptibility to the influence of an agency which is concerned in every feeling or emotion , or passion , or action which was ever felt

Related terms

• pathetize