Meanings
nounpathetism (uncountable)
- archaicuncountablemesmerism; hypnosis
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
1843, La Roy Sunderland, Pathetism: With Practical Instructions
Origin
Compare French pathétisme.
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