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hypnosis en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /hɪpˈnoʊ.sɪs/ (General-American)
• /hɪpˈnəʊ.sɪs/ (General-American)
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swep-der. Proto-Indo-European *supnós Proto-Hellenic *húpnos Ancient Greek ὕπνος (húpnos) Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-oyétider.? Ancient Greek -όω (-óō) Ancient Greek ὑπνόω (hupnóō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σις (-sis) Ancient Greek ὕπνωσις (húpnōsis)lbor. English hypnosis 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”).

Meanings

1. (uncountable) A trancelike state, artificially induced, in which a person has a heightened suggestibility, and in which suppressed memories may be experienced.
   • She entered a state of deep hypnosis.
   • self-hypnosis
   • The therapy used hypnosis to treat anxiety.
   • under hypnosis
   • clinical hypnosis
2. (uncountable) The practice of inducing hypnosis; hypnotism.
3. (countable) Any of various sleep-like conditions.

Forms

Deriveds

line hypnosis · parahypnosis · autohypnosis · road hypnosis · narcohypnosis · clipnosis · posthypnosis · highway hypnosis · hopenosis · prehypnosis · rehypnosis

Relateds

hypnotism · hypnotise · hypnotize · somnolism · hypnotic · hypnotist · mesmerism

Translations (34)

lt hipnozė (trancelike state) · fi hypnoosi (trancelike state) · bg хипноза (trancelike state) · de Hypnose (trancelike state) · lv hipnoze (trancelike state) · es hipnosis (trancelike state) · ko 최면 (trancelike state) · hi सम्मोहन (trancelike state) · mn ховс (trancelike state) · nl hypnose (trancelike state) · ar تَنْوِيم مَغْنَاطِيسِيّ (trancelike state) · io tranco (trancelike state) · sa सम्मोहन (trancelike state) · aii ܛܘܼܠܵܥܵܐ ܡܲܓ݂ܢܵܛܝܼܣܵܝܵܐ (trancelike state) · pl hipnoza (trancelike state) · ga hiopnóis (trancelike state) · it ipnosi (trancelike state) · he היפנוזה (trancelike state) · hy հիպնոս (trancelike state) · eo hipnoto (trancelike state) · cmn 催眠 (trancelike state) · nn hypnose (trancelike state) · nb hypnose (trancelike state) · ja 催眠 (trancelike state) · pt hipnose (trancelike state) · cs hypnóza (trancelike state) · ru гипно́з (trancelike state) · ca hipnosi (trancelike state) · io hipnoto (trancelike state) · da hypnose (trancelike state) · fr hypnose (trancelike state) · sv hypnos (trancelike state) · gl hipnose (trancelike state) · hu hipnózis (trancelike state)