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hypnosis
(redirected from animal hypnosis)

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hyp·no·sis  (hp-nss)
n. pl. hyp·no·ses (-sz)
1. An artificially induced altered state of consciousness, characterized by heightened suggestibility and receptivity to direction.
2. Hypnotism.
3. A sleeplike condition.

hypnosis
Noun
an artificially induced state of relaxation in which the mind is more than usually receptive to suggestion

hypnosis  (hp-nss)
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.

Hypnosis
See also psychology.

1. the process of hypnotizing oneself.
2. the resulting state.
1. animal magnetism, or the power that enables some people to induce a hypnotic state in others.
2. physical attraction between members of opposite sexes. — biomagnetic, adj.
psychoanalysis of a patiënt while he is under hypnosis. — hypnoanalytic, hypnoanalytical, adj.
the process of inducing a state of hypnosis. — hypnogenetic, adj.
psychotherapy employing hypnosis. — hypnotherapeutic, adj.
the science that studies hypnosis and the process of inducing a hypnotic state. — hypnotist, n.
1. hypnosis as induced by Dr. F. A. Mesmer through “animal magnetism,” a 19th-century therapy.
2. hypnotism.
3. a compelling attraction; fascination. — mesmerization, n. — mesmerist, mesmerizer, n.
an obsession with hypnosis.
the focusing of the attention on a single thing, especially as a result of hypnosis.
hypnosis with the aid of drugs.
the theory of od, a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to reveal itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc. — odylic, adj.
Rare. the state of being in a hypnotic trance.
a state of sleep induced by hypnosis or mesmerism. — somnipathist, n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.hypnosishypnosis - a state that resembles sleep but that is induced by suggestion
self-hypnosis - hypnosis induced by yourself
mental condition, mental state, psychological condition, psychological state - (psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic; "a manic state"
Translations

hypnosis [hɪpˈnəusɪs] nhipnosis f
hypnosis [hɪpˈnəusɪs] nhypnose f
hypnosis [hɪpˈnəusɪs] nHypnose f
hypnosis [hɪpˈnəusɪs] nipnosi f

hypnosis
n hypnosis [hipˈnəusis]
a sleep-like state caused by the action of another person who can then make the sleeper obey his commands. hipnoseنَوْم مِغْناطيسيхипнозаhypnózahypnosedie Hypnoseύπνωσηhipnosishüpnoosهيپنوتيزمhypnoosihypnoseהִיפּנוֹזָהसम्मोहनhipnozahipnózishipnosisdáleiðslaipnosi催眠최면 상태, 최면술hipnozėhipnozehipnosishypnosehypnosehipnozahipnosehipnozăгипнозhypnózahipnozahipnozahypnosการสะกดจิตhipnoz, yapay uyku催眠狀態гіпнозنیند کی غفلتsự thôi miên
adj hypˈnotic [-ˈno-]
hipnotiesمُتَعَلِّق بِالنَّوم المِغْناطيسي، مُنَوِّم مِغْناطيسيّاхипнотиченhypnotickýhypnotiskhypnotischυπνωτικόςhipnóticohüpnootiline, hüpnoosi-خواب آورhypnoottinenhypnotiqueהִיפּנוֹטִיसम्मोहात्मकhipnoticanhipnotikushipnotisdáleiðslu-ipnotico催眠の최면 상태의hipnozėshipnotisks; hipnozes-hipnotikhypnotischhypnotisk, søvndyssendehipnotycznyhipnóticohipnoticгипнотическийhypnotickýhipnotičenhipnotičkihypnotiskที่เกี่ยวกับการสะกดจิตhipnotik催眠的гіпнотичнийتنویم پیدا کرنے والاbị thôi miên
v ˈhypnotize, *ˈhypnotise
1 to put in a state of hypnosis The hypnotist hypnotized three people from the audience.hipnotiseerيُنَوِّم مِغْناطيسيّاхипнотизирамhypnotizovathypnotiserehypnotisierenυπνωτίζωhipnotizarhüpnotiseerimaهيپنوتيزم كردنhypnotisoidahypnotiserלְהַפּנֵטसम्मोहित करनाhipnotiziratihipnotizálmenghipnotisdáleiðaipnotizzare催眠をかける최면술을 걸다hipnotizuotihipnotizētmenghipnosishypnotiserenhypnotiserehipnotyzowaćhipnotizara hipnotizaгипнотизироватьhypnotizovaťhipnotiziratihipnotisatihypnotiseraสะกดจิตhipnotize etmek, uyutmak使進入催眠狀態гіпнотизуватиکسی پر عمل تنویم کرناthôi miên使
2 to fascinate completely Her beauty hypnotized him.hipnotiseerيَخْلُب اللب، يُسَيْطِر على التَّفْكيرхипнотизирамhypnotizovathypnotiserehypnotisierenυπνωτίζω (μτφ.), σαγηνεύωhipnotizar, fascinar, encantarlummamaمسحور كردنlumotahypnotiserלְהַפּנֵטमोहित करनाocarati, hipnotiziratihipnotizálmempesonaheillaipnotizzare~を魅了する매료시키다hipnotizuotihipnotizētmemukauhypnotiseren, fascineren, in beslag nemen helemaalhypnotisere, trollbindehipnotyzowaćfascinara fascinaпленятьhypnotizovaťprevzetihipnotisatihypnotiseraสะกดhayran bırakmak, büyülemek使著迷гіпнотизуватиلبھاناlàm mê mẩn使
n ˈhypnotism
the art of producing hypnosis. hipnotismeتَنْويم مِغْناطيسيхипнозаhypnotismushypnosedie Hypnoseυπνωτισμόςhipnotismohüpnotiseerimineدانش هيپنوتيزمhypnotisointihypnotismeהִיפּנוֹזָהसम्मोहकताhipnotizamhipnotizmushipnotismedáleiðslaipnotismo催眠術최면술hipnotizavimashipnotismshipnotismehypnotismehypnosekunsthipnotyzmhipnotismohipnotismгипнотизмhypnotizmushipnotiziranjehipnotizamhypnotism, hypnosการสะกดจิตhipnotizma催眠術гіпнотизмتنویمیاتthuật thôi miên
n ˈhypnotist
hipnotiseurمُنَوِّم مِغْناطيسيхипнотизаторhypnotizérhypnotisørder Hypnotiseurυπνωτιστήςhipnotizadorhüpnotiseerijaهيپنوتيزم كنندهhypnotisoijahypnotiseurמְהַפּנֵטसम्मोहकhipnotizerhipnotizőrahli hipnotisdávalduripnotizzatore, ipnotizzatrice催眠術師최면술사hipnotizuotojashipnotizētājshipnotishypnotiseurhypnotisørhipnotyzerhipnotizadorhipnotizatorгипнотизёрhypnotizérhipnotizerhipnotizerhypnotisörนักสะกดจิตhipnotizmacı施行催眠術的人гіпнотизерماہر تنویمnhà thôi miên

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