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Definition of Hypnotic

1. Noun. A drug that induces sleep.

2. Adjective. Of or relating to hypnosis.

3. Adjective. Attracting and holding interest as if by a spell. "A spellbinding description of life in ancient Rome"

Definition of Hypnotic

1. a. Having the quality of producing sleep; tending to produce sleep; soporific.

2. n. Any agent that produces, or tends to produce, sleep; an opiate; a soporific; a narcotic.

Definition of Hypnotic

1. Adjective. Of, or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism. ¹

2. Adjective. Inducing sleep; soporific. ¹

3. Noun. A person who is, or can be, hypnotized. ¹

4. Noun. A soporific substance. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hypnotic

1. a sleep-inducing drug [n -S]

Medical Definition of Hypnotic

1. A drug that acts to induce sleep, drowsiness or to reduce psychological excitement or anxiety. Origin: Gr. Hypnotikos (11 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypnotic

hypnopedia hypnophobia hypnopompic hypnopompic hallucination hypnopompic image hypnopædia hypnopædic hypnoses hypnosis hypnotee

hypnotees hypnotherapies hypnotherapist hypnotherapists hypnotherapy hypnotic (current term) hypnotic psychotherapy hypnotic relationship hypnotic sleep hypnotic state

hypnotic suggestion hypnotic trance hypnotically hypnotics hypnotisability hypnotisable hypnotisation hypnotise hypnotised hypnotiser

Literary usage of Hypnotic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1907)
"As a simple hypnotic 3 grains is a sufficient initial dose; seldom, ... As a hypnotic, given in hot water, milk, or tea, it usually induces sleep in a ..."

2. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1894)
"Whatever was squeezed out was collected in a bottle. It is equally important to sterilize the skin of the patient when injections are made. FPN The hypnotic ..."

3. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1894)
"FPN The hypnotic Action of ... because of its hypnotic action and because it was better tolerated and left no after-effects. ..."

4. A Plan for the Study of Man: With Reference to Bills to Establish a by Arthur MacDonald (1902)
"Then 1 began to be very delirious [patient now passes from hypnotic into a delirious state] and talked incessantly about a railroad accident; my husband is ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Other Peculiar Nervous Phenomena of the hypnotic State. ... There is a class of phenomena referred to the hypnotic state of a very doubtful character, ..."

6. Symptomatology, Psychognosis, and Diagnosis of Psychopathic Diseases by Boris Sidis (1914)
"CHAPTER XXII hypnotic HALLUCINATIONS WHEN we first formed our acquaintance with hypnotic phenomena, we had many reports of the wonderful feats possible in ..."

7. Your Psychic Powers and how to Develop Them by Hereward Carrington (1920)
"i HYPNOTISM AND MESMERISM REMARKABLE hypnotic PHENOMENA. Post-hypnotic suggestion is a form of treatment often resorted to and is a good subject for ..."

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