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hypnosis - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An artificially induced altered state of consciousness, characterized by heightened suggestibility and receptivity to direction.
- noun Hypnotism.
- noun A sleeplike condition.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The production of sleep.
- noun The hypnotic state; hypnotism.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) Supervention of sleep.
- noun The condition of being hypnotized or the process of hypnotizing a person; hypnotism{1}.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a
trancelike state,artificially induced , in which a person has aheightened suggestibility , and in whichsuppressed memories may beexperienced - noun the art or skill of
hypnotism
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a state that resembles sleep but that is induced by suggestion
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[New Latin hypnōsis, from Greek hupnoun, to put to sleep; see hypnotic.]
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
From Ancient Greek ὕπνος (hupnos, "sleep") + -osis.
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Examples
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Professor Whorwell concludes, The term hypnosis was coined by a Manchester surgeon, James Braid, early in the nineteenth century, and it's been in and out of fashion ever since.
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Professor Whorwell concludes, The term hypnosis was coined by a Manchester surgeon, James Braid, early in the nineteenth century, and it's been in and out of fashion ever since.
Life of Brian: 2005
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… 30 … The Scottish surgeon James Braid, intrigued by one such performance, began to study the practice, ultimately publishing his findings under the title "hypnosis," derived from the Greek word "to sleep."
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His training in hypnosis, psychology, and fitness enables him to best help in both mind and body towards complete fitness.
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His training in hypnosis, psychology, and fitness enables him to best help in both mind and body towards complete fitness.
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Turnbull made DEFINITIVELY LEADING-STATEMENTS/QUESTIONS — which in professional regressive hypnosis is an absolute no-no!
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I have great interest in hypnosis and the subconscious mind.
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Turnbull made DEFINITIVELY LEADING-STATEMENTS/QUESTIONS — which in professional regressive hypnosis is an absolute no-no!
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The image was one I knew I would never escape, even with daily visits to a certified psychoanalyst with training in hypnosis to eradicate Oedipus complexes.
Director's Cut 2005
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The image was one I knew I would never escape, even with daily visits to a certified psychoanalyst with training in hypnosis to eradicate Oedipus complexes.
Director's Cut 2005
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- SAT
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- animal hypnosis
- assertiveness training
- autohypnosis
- autosuggestion
- behavior modification
- behavior therapy
- bioenergetics
- biofeedback
- cataleptic hypnosis
- confrontation therapy
- conjoint therapy
- consciousness raising
- counseling
- dharana
- dhyana
- directive therapy
- ecstasis
- ecstasy
- encounter therapy
- est
- family training
- feminist therapy
- gestalt therapy
- group psychotherapy
- group relations training
- group sensitivity training
- group therapy
- humanistic therapy
- hypnoanalysis
- hypnotherapy
- hypnotic sleep
- hypnotic suggestion
- hypnotism
- lethargic hypnosis
- marathon
- marriage encounter
- mind cure
- narcoanalysis
- narcohypnosis
- narcosynthesis
- narcotherapy
- nondirective therapy
- occupational therapy
- pastoral counseling
- play therapy
- posthypnotic suggestion
- power of suggestion
- primal therapy
- prolonged narcosis
- psychodrama
- psychological counseling
- psychosurgery
- psychosynthesis
- psychotherapeutics
- psychotherapy
- radical therapy
- rapture
- rational-emotive therapy
- reality therapy
- recreational therapy
- regression therapy
- release therapy
- samadhi
- scream therapy
- self-hypnosis
- self-suggestion
- sensitivity training
- sensory awareness training
- sleep treatment
- somnambulistic hypnosis
- somnipathy
- suggestibility
- suggestion therapy
- suggestionism
- supportive therapy
- training group
- trance
- transactional analysis
- transcendental meditation
- transpersonal therapy
- vocational therapy
- yoga trance
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