artificial somnambulism

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artificial somnambulism,

n an induced state in which subjects exhibit behavior similar to that displayed by sleepwalkers. A precursor to the Freudian psychotherapeutic techniques of catharsis and free association; evolved from the practice of animal magnetism, so named in the early 19th century by the Marquis de Puysegur. See also catharsis and animal magnetism.

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