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hypnosis
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun hypnosis has 1 sense
- hypnosis(n = noun.state) - a state that resembles sleep but that is induced by suggestion; has particulars: self-hypnosis
is a kind of mental condition, mental state, psychological condition, psychological state
Derived forms adjective hypnotic2, verb hypnotise1, verb hypnotize1
CIDE DICTIONARY
hypnosis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. sleep.].
- Supervention of sleep. [1913 Webster]
- The condition of being hypnotized or the process of hypnotizing a person; hypnotism{1}. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
hypnosis, n.
1 a state like sleep in which the subject acts only on external suggestion.
2 artificially produced sleep.
1 a state like sleep in which the subject acts only on external suggestion.
2 artificially produced sleep.
Etymology
mod.L f. Gk hupnos sleep + -OSIS
THESAURUS
hypnosis
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