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Webster 1913 Edition

Hypnosis

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Hyp-no′sis

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Noun.

[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] sleep.]

1.

(Med.)

Supervention of sleep.

Definition 2024

hypnosis

hypnosis

English

Noun

hypnosis ‎(plural hypnoses)

a trancelike state, artificially induced, in which a person has a heightened suggestibility, and in which suppressed memories may be experienced
the art or skill of hypnotism

Related terms

Translations

a trancelike state

Arabic: تَنْوِيم مَغْنَاطِيسِيّ m ‎(tanwīm maḡnāṭīsiyy)
Armenian: հիպնոս (hy) ‎(hipnos)
Catalan: hipnosi (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 催眠 (zh) ‎(cuīmián)
Czech: hypnóza f
Danish: hypnose (da) c
Dutch: hypnose (nl)
Esperanto: hipnoto
Finnish: hypnoosi (fi)
French: hypnose (fr) f
German: Hypnose (de) f
Hungarian: hipnózis (hu)
Ido: hipnoto (io), tranco (io)
Irish: hiopnóis f

Italian: ipnosi (it) f
Japanese: 催眠 ‎(さいみん, saimin), 催眠術 ‎(さいみんじゅつ, saiminjutsu)
Korean: 최면 (ko) ‎(choemyeon) (催眠)
Latvian: hipnoze f
Lithuanian: hipnozė f
Mongolian: ховс (mn) ‎(hovs)
Norwegian:

Bokmål: hypnose m

Nynorsk: hypnose m
Polish: hipnoza (pl) f
Portuguese: hipnose (pt) f
Russian: гипно́з (ru) m ‎(gipnóz)
Spanish: hipnosis m
Swedish: hypnos (sv) c

art or skill of hypnotism — see hypnotism

See also

External links

hypnosis in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
hypnosis in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911