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/hipˈnōsis/,
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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,
  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

  2. This state of consciousness


  1. a state that resembles sleep but that is induced by suggestion
  2. (hypnotic) of or relating to hypnosis
  3. (hypnotic) soporific: a drug that induces sleep
  4. (hypnotic) attracting and holding interest as if by a spell; "read the bedtime story in a hypnotic voice"; "she had a warm mesmeric charm"; "the sheer force of his presence was mesmerizing"; "a spellbinding description of life in ancient Rome"
  5. Hypnosis is a mental state (according to "state theory") or imaginative role-enactment (according to "non-state theory"). It is usually induced by a procedure known as a hypnotic induction, which is commonly composed of a long series of preliminary instructions and suggestions. ...
  6. Hypnosis (Hypnose) is a 1920 German silent film directed by Richard Eichberg and featuring Béla Lugosi.
  7. Hypnotic (also called soporific) drugs are a class of psychoactives whose primary function is to induce sleep and to be used in the treatment of insomnia and in surgical anesthesia. ...
  8. (Hypnotic (record label)) Cleopatra Records is a Los Angeles-based independent record label.
  9. (Hypnotic (Thyrane album)) Hypnotic is an Industrial black metal album by Finnish band, Thyrane. It was recorded and mixed at SundiCoop Studios in 2002, mastered at Finnvox studios and released in May 2003 by Spikefarm Records.
  10. (Hypnotic (Wild Orchid album)) Hypnotic is the last album by Wild Orchid. It is the first album released by Wild Orchid since Stacy Ferguson, a former member of the band, left and is now a member of the hip hop band The Black Eyed Peas. There are no singles released from this album.
  11. a trancelike state, artificially induced, in which a person has a heightened suggestibility, and in which suppressed memories may be experienced; the art or skill of hypnotism
  12. (Hypnotic) hypnotics induce sleep. They do not cause hypnotic trance.
  13. (hypnotic) sleep inducing drug.
  14. (hypnotic) also called a sleeping pill, sedative, or a sedative-hypnotic medication; a medication that causes drowsiness, induces sleep onset, and/or maintains sleep.
  15. (Hypnotic) Herbs that have a powerful relaxant and sedative action, and help induce sleep: hops, valerian, wild lettuce.
  16. (Hypnotic) herbs induce normal sleep and relieve anxiety. Most of them do not have highly addictive properties.
  17. (HYPNOTIC) may cause sleep and/or a trance-like state.
  18. (Hypnotic) Drugs that induce sleep by their action on the brain.
  19. (Hypnotic) Term used for the very best colors. Such a hue will imprint itself into your memory and will never be forgotten. It is quite a compliment for any gem.
  20. (hypnotic) A substance which encourages or causes sleep.
  21. A technique that induces a sleep like state in which the subject acts only on external suggestion.
  22. Psychological condition of altered state of consciousness in which some people may be induced to show various differences in behaviour and thinking, like heightened suggestibility and receptivity to direction.
  23. A trance-like state in which a person becomes more aware and focused and is more open to suggestion.
  24. Freud spent a year in Paris learning it from Charcot. Impressed at first, he later abandoned it; as with the cathartic method, it did not produce long-term results.
  25. A state of consciousness characterized by mental relaxation, physical and psychological depth, focused concentration and a slowing of brain activity in an alpha state and some of theta brainwaves. ...