Full record for mind control n.

Definition	the ability to control another person's thoughts or actions telepathically
OED requirements	antedating 1954
Earliest cite	T.S. Eliot, 'Confidential Clerk'
Comment	Fred Galvin submitted a cite from a 1959 reprint of Leigh Brackett's 1944 "Terror Out of Space"; we would like to verify this in the first magazine appearance in Planet Stories, Summer 1944.
Last modified	6 July, 2008

Citations for mind control n.

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1935 J. O'Neill Land under Eng. (1978) Introd. 6	Their techniques of education and mind-control have become developed to the point where they can read another's thoughts ‥
1951 J. H. Schmitz Space Fear in Astounding Sci. Fiction Mar. 24/1	Nothing short of complete mind-control for a period of several weeks.
1959 L. Brackett Terror Out of Space in Hidden Planet i. 158	And She was a whiz at hypnosis and mind-control.