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