mesmeric
Impossible to resist
Mesmeric describes something that holds attention so completely it seems to cast a spell.
The word derives from Franz Mesmer, an 18th-century physician whose theories about "animal magnetism" led to modern hypnotism.
A mesmeric performance, gaze, or voice transfixes its audience, suggesting an almost supernatural power to captivate: The dancer's mesmeric movements held the crowd in silence.
Semiconscious, unresponsive condition
- hypnosisInduced trance state
- hypnotistTrance-state practitioner
- suggestibilityReadiness to accept influence
- inductionFormal admission process
subconscious · relaxation · drowsiness · somnambulism · autosuggestion · posthypnotic · swinging watch · pendulum
Deeply holding one's attention
- enchantingDelightfully attractive, spellbinding
- spellbindingCompletely capturing one's attention
- bewitchingPowerfully and mysteriously charming
- enthrallingDeeply fascinating and gripping
hypnotizing · transfixing · riveting · gripping · absorbing · engrossing · compelling · arresting
- animal magnetismInnate power to attract
- magnetismForce between poles
- passesGoes beyond or through
- séanceSpirit communication ritual
occult · Victorian · parlor · spiritualism · charlatanism · quackery · pseudoscience · suggestion
trance
Semiconscious, unresponsive condition
- hypnosisInduced trance state
- hypnotistTrance-state practitioner
- suggestibilityReadiness to accept influence
induction · subconscious · relaxation · drowsiness · somnambulism · autosuggestion · posthypnotic · swinging watch · pendulum · fixed gaze
captivating
Deeply holding one's attention
- enchantingDelightfully attractive, spellbinding
- spellbindingCompletely capturing one's attention
- bewitchingPowerfully and mysteriously charming
enthralling · hypnotizing · transfixing · riveting · gripping · absorbing · engrossing · compelling · arresting · fascinating
Franz Mesmer
- animal magnetismInnate power to attract
- magnetismForce between poles
- passesGoes beyond or through
séance · occult · Victorian · parlor · spiritualism · charlatanism · quackery · pseudoscience · suggestion · rapport
mesmericboring
Failing to engage interest
unengaging · tedious · soporific · monotonous · dull
mesmericforgettable
Unlikely to be recalled
unmemorable · insipid · bland · vapid · nondescript
mesmericrepellent
Causes strong aversion
unattractive · dreary · drab · off-putting · repulsive
- mesmerizing stareHypnotically compelling eye contact
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