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hyp·no·sis
[hip-noh-sis] Pronunciation Key
[hip-noh-sis] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural -ses
[-seez] Pronunciation Key.
[-seez] Pronunciation Key. | 1. | an artificially induced trance state resembling sleep, characterized by heightened susceptibility to suggestion. |
| 2. | hypnotism. |
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| hyp·no·sis
(hĭp-nō'sĭs) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. hyp·no·ses (-sēz)
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hypnosis
hypnosis
1876, "inducement of sleep," coined (as an alternative to hypnotism) from Gk. hypnos "sleep" (see somnolence) + -osis "condition."
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| hypnosis | |
noun | |
| a state that resembles sleep but that is induced by suggestion |
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The American Heritage Science Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| hypnosis
(hĭp-nō'sĭs) Pronunciation Key
A trancelike state resembling sleep, usually induced by a therapist by focusing a subject's attention, that heightens the subject's receptivity to suggestion. The uses of hypnosis in medicine and psychology include recovering repressed memories, modifying or eliminating undesirable behavior (such as smoking), and treating certain chronic disorders, such as anxiety.
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American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
hypnosis
hypnosis
Placing persons in a drowsy, sleeplike state in which they allegedly become vulnerable to the suggestions made by the hypnotist. Hypnosis may also be used to tap into the unconscious and is often characterized by vivid recall of memories and fantasies. These properties make hypnosis a useful tool in psychotherapy. Hypnosis also has sinister implications, for subjects may be manipulated to perform embarrassing actions or be susceptible to carrying out the hypnotist's commands after the hypnosis session (posthypnotic suggestion).
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American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
hypnosis hyp·no·sis (hĭp-nō'sĭs)
n. pl. hyp·no·ses (-sēz)
- A trancelike state resembling somnambulism, usually induced by another person, in which the subject may experience forgotten or suppressed memories, hallucinations, and heightened suggestibility.
- A sleeplike state or condition.
- Hypnotism.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Hypnosis
Hyp*no"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? sleep.] (Med.) Supervention of sleep.
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Hypnosis
Hyp*no"sis\, n. The condition of being hypnotized.
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