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  • Bennett's description of the probable mental and physical conditions involved in the state Braid described as "monoideism" is specially worthy of note.

    The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science Various 1909

  • One advantage of using a different vocabulary is to avoid the baggage associated with "hypnosis" in much the same way the term "hypnotism" was coined to be more descriptive of the state albeit, Braid regretted the term later and belatedly wished to change it to monoideism which is certainly more descriptive as hypnosis had NOTHING whatsoever to do with genuine hypnos, sleep and to avoid the negative baggage and sloppy thinking that had grown up around "animal magnetism" and "Mesmerism."

    Hyperempiria and Experiential Hypnosis . . . . . . differences, similarities, and what's the same 2005

  • One advantage of using a different vocabulary is to avoid the baggage associated with "hypnosis" in much the same way the term "hypnotism" was coined to be more descriptive of the state albeit, Braid regretted the term later and belatedly wished to change it to monoideism which is certainly more descriptive as hypnosis had NOTHING whatsoever to do with genuine hypnos, sleep and to avoid the negative baggage and sloppy thinking that had grown up around "animal magnetism" and "Mesmerism."

    Life of Brian: 2005

  • Eventually, James found that he could induce a trance-like state in many of his patients through mere suggestion, so he tried to adjust the already coined term “hypnosis” borrowed from Hypnos, the Greek God of sleep to “monoideism,” but was unsuccessful.

    Archive 2008-06-01 Talia Page 2008

  • Eventually, James found that he could induce a trance-like state in many of his patients through mere suggestion, so he tried to adjust the already coined term “hypnosis” borrowed from Hypnos, the Greek God of sleep to “monoideism,” but was unsuccessful.

    The Hype and History behind Hypnotherapy: Is it a Science, or Just a bunch of Silly Quacks? Talia Page 2008

  • In the state of nascent _monoideism_ (one idea) it may be immediate and perfect.

    The Problems of Psychical Research Experiments and Theories in the Realm of the Supernormal Hereward Carrington 1919

  • And yet W. James mentions, as the culminating point of the "Exercises", "a half-hallucinated monoideism" ( "L'Expérience reigieuse", Paris, 1906, p. 345).

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

  • The condition, therefore, was not one of monoideism.

    The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science Various 1909

  • In his first theory, he explained hypnosis from a physical standpoint; in the second, he considered it to be a condition of involuntary monoideism and concentration, while his third theory differed from both.

    The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science Various 1909

  • Finally, in a condition of obsession (absolute monoideism) the fixed idea defies all rivalry and rules despotically.

    Essai sur l'imagination créatrice. English Albert Heyem Nachmen Baron 1877

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