hypnosis

English

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὕπνος (hupnos, “sleep”) + -osis.

Noun

hypnosis (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. the art or skill of hypnotism

Related terms

• hypnotise
• hypnotize
• hypnotic
• hypnotism
• hypnotist

Translations

a trancelike state

• Arabic: تنويم مغناطيسي (ar) (tanwiim maghnaaTiisiy) m
• Armenian: հիպնոս (hy) (hipnos) 
• Catalan: hipnosi (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 催眠 (cmn) (cuīmián)

• Czech: hypnóza (cs) f
• Danish: hypnose (da)
• Dutch: hypnose (nl)
• Esperanto: hipnoto (eo)
• Finnish: hypnoosi (fi)
• French: hypnose (fr) f
• German: Hypnose (de) f
• Hungarian: hipnózis (hu)

• Ido: hipnoto (io), tranco (io)
• Irish: hiopnóis (ga) 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 (ko) (choemyeon) (催眠)
• Latvian: hipnoze (lv) f
• Lithuanian: hipnozė (lt) f
• Norwegian: hypnose (no)
• Polish: hipnoza (pl) f
• Portuguese: hipnose (pt) f
• Russian: гипноз (ru) (gipnóz) m 
• Spanish: hipnosis (es) m
• Swedish: hypnos (sv)

art or skill of hypnotism — see hypnotism

See also

• somnolism
• mesmerism

External links

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