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hypnoidal

[ hip-noid-l ]

adjective

, Psychology.
  1. characterizing a state that resembles mild hypnosis but that is usually induced by other than hypnotic means.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of hypnoidal1

First recorded in 1895–1900; hypn- ( def ) + -oid + -al 1

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Example Sentences

Or, again, is suggestion in the waking-state equivalent to suggestion in hypnoidal states?

You will ask why I cling to the use of hypnotism; or rather of hypnoidal states.

It is not a new invention as this term hypnoidal might seem to indicate, but is as old as our history at least.

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