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Complete Definition of "hypnosis"

English

Etymology
From Gr. hypnos "sleep" + -osis.

Noun
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en-noun|hypnoses

  1. a trancelike state, artificially induced, in which a person has a heightened suggestible|suggestibility, and in which suppressed memory|memories may be experienced
  2. the art or skill of hypnotism

Translations

Chinese: 催眠术
Esperanto: hipnoto
Finnish: hypnoosi
French: hypnose
Italian: ipnosi f
mid
Norwegian: hypnose
Russian: гипноз
Swedish: Hypnos

Derived terms
hypnotise
hypnotize
hypnotic

See also
somnolism
mesmerism

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