hypnosis

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Etymology

From modern scholarly Ancient Greek ὕπνωσις (húpnōsis), which formation closes the derivational gap between the ancient words ὑπνόω (hupnóō, “I put to sleep”) and ὑπνωτικός (hupnōtikós, “sleep-inducing, soporific”). Ultimately traces back to ὕπνος (húpnos, “sleep”).

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /hɪpˈnoʊsɪs/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -əʊsɪs

Noun

hypnosis (countable and uncountable, plural hypnoses)

A trancelike state, artificially induced, in which a person has a heightened suggestibility, and in which suppressed memories may be experienced.
clinical hypnosis

under hypnosis

self-hypnosis

She entered a state of deep hypnosis.

The therapy used hypnosis to treat anxiety.
Any of various sleep-like conditions.
The art or skill of hypnotism.

Derived terms

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Translations

a trancelike state

Arabic: تَنْوِيم مَغْنَاطِيسِيّ m (tanwīm maḡnāṭīsiyy)
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܛܘܼܠܵܥܵܐ ܡܲܓ݂ܢܵܛܝܼܣܵܝܵܐ m (ṭullāˁā maḡnāṭīsāyā)
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)
Hindi: सम्मोहन (hi) m (sammohan)
Hungarian: hipnózis (hu)
Ido: hipnoto (io), tranco (io)
Irish: hiopnóis f
Italian: ipnosi (it) f
Japanese: 催眠 (ja) (さいみん, saimin)
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

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