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Definition of Hypnosis

1. Noun. A state that resembles sleep but that is induced by suggestion.

Definition of Hypnosis

1. n. Supervention of sleep.

2. n. The condition of being hypnotized.

Definition of Hypnosis

1. Noun. a trancelike state, artificially induced, in which a person has a heightened suggestibility, and in which suppressed memories may be experienced ¹

2. Noun. the art or skill of hypnotism ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hypnosis

1. an artificially induced state resembling sleep [n -NOSES]

Medical Definition of Hypnosis

1. A state of heightened awareness and focused concentration that can be used to manipulate the perception of pain. (16 Dec 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypnosis

Literary usage of Hypnosis

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

1. Psychology, General Introduction by Charles Hubbard Judd (1917)
"The after-effects of hypnosis tend to become permanent. There is one group of facts in hypnosis which should perhaps be made the subject of special comments ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"It attributes hypnosis to a nervous or cerebral modification of the ... Suggestion does not explain all the phenomena of hypnosis, any more than does ..."

3. Outlines of Psychology by Wilhelm Max Wundt, Charles Hubbard Judd (1902)
"of the hypnosis or (in the case of terminal suggestions) to a renewal of the ... It appears from all these phenomena that sleep and hypnosis are related ..."

4. Human Psychology by Howard Crosby Warren (1919)
"hypnosis and Hypnotic Suggestion. — Another special condition of nervous organization is ... The physiological state of hypnosis includes several phases, ..."

5. Journal of the American Medical Association by American Medical Association (1890)
"In 1878 Charcot began his public classes in which he drew attention to the physical states of hystero-epileptics during hypnosis. ..."

6. The Primer of Psychology by Edward Bradford Titchener (1906)
"(2) Light hypnosis or Catalepsy.—The subject is to some extent anaesthetic, ... On waking, he remembers cloudily what took place during hypnosis. ..."

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