hypnosis

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.

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hypnosis

Noun

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

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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.

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Hypnosis

See also psychology.

autohypnotism, autohypnosis

1. the process of hypnotizing oneself.
2. the resulting state.

biomagnetism

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.

hypnoanalysis

psychoanalysis of a patiënt while he is under hypnosis. — hypnoanalytic, hypnoanalytical, adj.

hypnogenesis

the process of inducing a state of hypnosis. — hypnogenetic, adj.

hypnotherapy

psychotherapy employing hypnosis. — hypnotherapeutic, adj.

hypnotism

the science that studies hypnosis and the process of inducing a hypnotic state. — hypnotist, n.

Mesmerism

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.

mesmeromania

an obsession with hypnosis.

monoideism

the focusing of the attention on a single thing, especially as a result of hypnosis.

narcohypnosis

hypnosis with the aid of drugs.

odylism

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.

psycheism

Rare. the state of being in a hypnotic trance.

somnipathy

a state of sleep induced by hypnosis or mesmerism. — somnipathist, n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

hypnosis - 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] n → hipnosis f

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hypnosis [hɪpˈnəusɪs] n → hypnose f

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hypnosis [hɪpˈnəusɪs] n → Hypnose f

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hypnosis [hɪpˈnəusɪs] n → ipnosi f