hypnosis

English

Etymology

Derived from hypn(otic) +‎ -osis (“state”, “condition”, nominal derivational suffix).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /hɪpˈnoʊsɪs/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -əʊsɪs

Noun

hypnosis (countable and uncountable, plural hypnoses)

1. A trancelike state, artificially induced, in which a person has a heightened suggestibility, and in which suppressed memories may be experienced.
2. Any of various sleep-like conditions.
3. The art or skill of hypnotism.

Derived terms

• highway hypnosis
• hopenosis
• line hypnosis
• posthypnosis
• prehypnosis
• rehypnosis
• road hypnosis

 

Related terms

• hypnotic
• hypnotise
• hypnotism
• hypnotist
• hypnotize

 

Translations

a trancelike state

• Arabic: تَنْوِيم مَغْنَاطِيسِيّ m (tanwīm maḡnāṭīsiyy)
• Armenian: հիպնոս (hy) (hipnos)
• Bulgarian: хипноза (bg) f (hipnoza)
• Catalan: hipnosi (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 催眠 (zh) (cuīmián)

• Czech: hypnóza (cs) f
• Danish: hypnose (da) c
• Dutch: hypnose (nl)
• Esperanto: hipnoto
• Finnish: hypnoosi (fi)
• French: hypnose (fr) f
• Galician: hipnose (gl) f
• German: Hypnose (de) f
• Hebrew: היפנוזה (he) f (hipnóza)
• Hindi: सम्मोहन (hi) (sammohan)
• Hungarian: hipnózis (hu)
• Ido: hipnoto (io), tranco (io)
• Irish: hiopnóis f
• Italian: ipnosi (it) f
• Japanese: 催眠 (ja) (さいみん, saimin)
• Korean: 최면(催眠) (ko) (choemyeon)
• Latvian: hipnoze f
• Lithuanian: hipnozė f
• Mongolian: ховс (mn) (xovs)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hypnose m

  Nynorsk: hypnose m

• Polish: hipnoza (pl) f
• Portuguese: hipnose (pt) f
• Russian: гипно́з (ru) m (gipnóz)
• Sanskrit: सम्मोहन (sa) n (sammohana)
• Spanish: hipnosis (es) m
• Swedish: hypnos (sv) c

art or skill of hypnotism — see hypnotism

See also

• mesmerism
• somnolism

 

Further reading

• “hypnosis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “hypnosis”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• hyposins