mind control n.
the ability to control another person’s thoughts or actions telepathically
Paranormal
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1902 Indianapolis News 1 Feb. 16/8
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At last the true secret of mental power and mind control has been revealed. A noted college in the city of New York has just issued a wonderful book by eminent scientists, which lays bare the mysteries of personal influence.
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1921 Ten Story Book Dec. 62 (advt.)
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Hypnotism…gives you the key to the inner secrets of mind control. It enables you to control yourself and the thoughts and actions of others.
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1940
Neil R. Jones
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The robots consisted of a domed cylinder mounted on three legs and fitted with four arms terminating in metal claws. They were operated entirely by the mind control of the Aemts.
Cat-Men of Aemt in Astonishing Stories Aug. 46/1 -
1944
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Leigh Brackett
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And She was a whiz at hypnosis and mind-control.
Terror Out of Space in Planet Stories Summer 37/1 -
1951
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James H. Schmitz
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Nothing short of complete mind-control for a period of several weeks.
Space Fear in Astounding Science Fiction Mar. 24/1 -
1967
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Andre Norton
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The Esper plastered himself to the heaving body. For the moment he made no attempt at mind control.
Wizard’s World in Worlds of If June 22/1 -
1980
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Paul Dellinger
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The world, after all, was full of inexplicable murders and suicides for which many blamed a form of mind control.
Cliffhanger Sound in Fantastic Stories Jan. 42 -
2003
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Paul Di Filippo
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The only thing I could come up with is, this guy’s using some radical, unknown kind of mind-control device.
Seeing is Believing in Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction Apr. 139
Research requirements
antedating 1902
Research History
Fred Galvin submitted a cite from a 1959 reprint of Leigh Brackett's 1944 "Terror Out of Space"; Jesse Sheidlower verified it in the first magazine appearance in Planet Stories, Summer 1944.Fred Galvin submitted a 1940 cite from "The Cat-men of Aemt", by Neil R. Jones.
Jesse Sheidlower submitted a cite from 1921 from an ad for a hypnotism book in 10 Story Book.
Simon Koppel submitted a 1902 cite from the Indianapolis News.
Earliest cite in OED2 is a 1954 cite from T.S. Eliot; improved to the 1940 Jones example in OED3.
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