Word: Hypnosis
How to pronounce: hɪpˈnəʊsɪs
Noun
Definitions:
1. The induction of a state of consciousness in which a person apparently loses the power of voluntary action and is highly responsive to suggestion or direction. Its use in therapy, typically to recover suppressed memories or to allow modification of behavior by suggestion, has been revived but is still controversial.
Example sentences: "Others use hypnosis to recover repressed memories of sexual abuse or of past lives."
Synonyms:
mesmerism
mesmeric
Derivations:
hypnotism
hypnotic
hypnotize
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Hypnosis in Other Languages...
Spanish: Hipnosis
German: Hypnose
French: Hypnose
Italian: Ipnosi
Turkish: Hipnoz
