hypnosis

hypnosis

English

Etymology

Derived from hypn(otic) +‎ -osis (“state”, “condition”, nominal derivational suffix).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /hɪpˈnoʊsɪs/

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Noun

hypnosis (countable and uncountable, plural hypnoses)

1. A trancelike state, artificially induced, in which a person has a heightened suggestibility, and in which suppressed memories may be experienced.
2. Any of various sleep-like conditions.
3. The art or skill of hypnotism.

Derived terms

• highway hypnosis
• hopenosis
• line hypnosis
• posthypnosis
• prehypnosis
• rehypnosis

Related terms

• hypnotise
• hypnotize
• hypnotic
• hypnotism
• hypnotist

Translations

a trancelike state

Arabic: تَنْوِيم مَغْنَاطِيسِيّ‎ m (tanwīm maḡnāṭīsiyy) Armenian: հիպնոս (hy) (hipnos) Bulgarian: хипноза (bg) f (hipnoza) Catalan: hipnosi (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 催眠 (zh) (cuīmián) Czech: hypnóza (cs) f Danish: hypnose (da) c Dutch: hypnose (nl) Esperanto: hipnoto Finnish: hypnoosi (fi) French: hypnose (fr) f Galician: hipnose (gl) f German: Hypnose (de) f Hebrew: היפנוזה‎ (he) f (hipnóza) Hungarian: hipnózis (hu) Ido: hipnoto (io), tranco (io) Irish: hiopnóis f Italian: ipnosi (it) f Japanese: 催眠 (ja) (さいみん, saimin), 催眠術 (ja) (さいみんじゅつ, saiminjutsu) Korean: 최면(催眠) (ko) (choemyeon) Latvian: hipnoze f Lithuanian: hipnozė f Mongolian: ховс (mn) (xovs) Norwegian: Bokmål: hypnose m Nynorsk: hypnose m Polish: hipnoza (pl) f Portuguese: hipnose (pt) f Russian: гипно́з (ru) m (gipnóz) Sanskrit: सम्मोहन (sa) n (sammohana) Spanish: hipnosis (es) m Swedish: hypnos (sv) c

art or skill of hypnotism — see hypnotism

See also

• somnolism
• mesmerism

Further reading

• hypnosis in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• hypnosis in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911

Anagrams

• hyposins