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post⋅hyp⋅not⋅ic

[pohst-hip-not-ik]
–adjective
1. of or pertaining to the period after hypnosis.
2. (of a suggestion) made during hypnosis so as to be effective after awakening.

Origin:
1885–90; post- + hypnotic


post⋅hyp⋅not⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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Main Entry: post·hyp·not·ic
Pronunciation: "pOst-(h)ip-'nät-ik
Function: adjective
: of, relating to, or characteristic of theperiod following a hypnotic trance during which the subject will still carry out suggestions made by the operator during the trance state <posthypnotic suggestion>
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posthypnotic post·hyp·not·ic (pōst'hĭp-nŏt'ĭk)
adj.
Following hypnotism.

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