hypnotherapy en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌhɪpnoʊˈθɛɹəpi/
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Etymology
From hypno- + therapy.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Treatment of disease by means of hypnotism.
Direct persuasive suggestion under hypnosis was the type of hypnotherapy used by the old medical practitioners of hypnotism.
1947, Leslie M. Lecron, Jean Bordeaux, Hypnotism Today:Scientific training is attempted in the...two-year Hypnotherapy Centre course.
1960 November 25, The Spectator:Hypnotherapy, the therapeutic use of hypnotism.
1897, Lippincott's Medical Dictionary:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hypnotherapies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
hypnotherapeutic · hypnotherapeutically · hypnotherapist
Translations (16)
pt hipnoterapia (treatment of disease through hypnotism) · sl hipnoterapija (treatment of disease through hypnotism) · hy հիպնոթերապիա (treatment of disease through hypnotism) · ca hipnoteràpia (treatment of disease through hypnotism) · pl hipnoterapia (treatment of disease through hypnotism) · it ipnositerapia (treatment of disease through hypnotism) · fi hypnoterapia (treatment of disease through hypnotism) · cy hypnotherapi (treatment of disease through hypnotism) · eo hipnota terapio (treatment of disease through hypnotism) · de Hypnotherapie (treatment of disease through hypnotism) · es hipnoterapia (treatment of disease through hypnotism) · ko 최면치료 (treatment of disease through hypnotism) · ru гипнотерапи́я (treatment of disease through hypnotism) · cmn 催眠療法 /催眠疗法 (treatment of disease through hypnotism) · nl hypnotherapie (treatment of disease through hypnotism) · ga hipniteiripe (treatment of disease through hypnotism)