hypnosis
/hɪpˈnəʊ.sɪs/
hypnosis noun: a trancelike state, artificially induced, in which a person has a heightened suggestibility, and in which suppressed memories may be experienced.
Noun
hypnosis (countable and uncountable, plural hypnoses)
- A trancelike state, artificially induced, in which a person has a heightened suggestibility, and in which suppressed memories may be experienced.
- clinical hypnosis
- under hypnosis
- The practice of inducing hypnosis; hypnotism.
- Any of various sleep-like conditions.
hypnosis meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam
hypnosis in Hindi
- trancelike state
- सम्मोहन sammohan
hypnosis in Tamil
- அறிதுயில், அறிதுயில் நிலை, அறிதுயில்நிலை, மன ஆற்றலால் உறங்கத் தூண்டல், உறக்கப்போலி
hypnosis in Bengali
- সম্মোহন, কৃত্রিম নিদ্রা
hypnosis in Malayalam
- mesmerism, hypnotism, hypnotic suggestion
- മോഹനിദ്ര, കൃത്രിമനിദ്ര, കൃത്രിമോൽപാദിതനിദ്ര, ദേഹകാന്തമയക്കം, സംമോഹനം, പരതന്ത്രസുഷുപ്തി
More languagesFewer languages
- hypnosis in Kannada
- ವಶೀಕರಣ, ಸಂಮೋಹನ, ಕೃತಕವಾಗಿ ಬರಿಸಿದ ನಿದ್ದೆ, ವಶ್ಯ ಸುಪ್ತಿ
- hypnosis in Sanskrit
- सम्मोहन sammohana
- hypnosis in Arabic
- تَنْوِيم مَغْنَاطِيسِيّ tanwīm maḡnāṭīsiyy
Examples of hypnosis in a sentence
- She entered a state of deep hypnosis.
- The therapy used hypnosis to treat anxiety.
Forms of hypnosis
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Origin of hypnosis
From modern scholarly Ancient Greek ὕπνωσις (húpnōsis), which formation closes the derivational gap between the ancient words ὑπνόω (hupnóō, “I put to sleep”) and ὑπνωτικός (hupnōtikós, “sleep-inducing, soporific”). Ultimately traces back to ὕπνος (húpnos, “sleep”).
Words formed from hypnosis
Words that rhyme with hypnosis
- apotheosis
- symbiosis
- -osis
- abiosis
- diagnosis
- gnosis
- lordosis
- arthrosis
- cytosis
- kyphosis
- meiosis
- osmosis
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- prognosis
- sclerosis
- stenosis
- synostosis
- theosis
- acanthocytosis
- acanthosis
- acidosis
- adiposis
- aerobiosis
- alkalosis
- amyloidosis
- anadiplosis
- anostosis
- aponeurosis
- apoptosis
- endocytosis
- exocytosis
- halitosis
- hemochromatosis
- ichthyosis
- koilocytosis
- lactosis
- leukoerythroblastosis
- miosis
- mitosis
- mononucleosis
- mycosis
- neoatherosclerosis
- neurosis
- ochronosis
- osteophytosis
- osteoporosis
- parahypnosis
- phagocytosis
- pinocytosis
- pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
- potocytosis
- probiosis
- psychosis
- ptosis
- pyrosis
- retrognosis
- rubatosis
- silicosis
- simuliotoxicosis
- synchondrosis
- syndesmosis
Questions about hypnosis
- What does hypnosis mean?
- Hypnosis means a trancelike state, artificially induced, in which a person has a heightened suggestibility, and in which suppressed memories may be experienced.
- What is hypnosis in Hindi?
- Hypnosis in Hindi is सम्मोहन (sammohan). See Hypnosis meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use hypnosis in a sentence?
- She entered a state of deep hypnosis.
- What part of speech is hypnosis?
- Hypnosis is a noun.
- How do you pronounce hypnosis?
- Hypnosis is pronounced /hɪpˈnəʊ.sɪs/ (US).
- What is the plural of hypnosis?
- The plural of hypnosis is hypnoses.
Words near hypnosis in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hypnosis (page history and authors); hypnosis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Hypnosis (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hypnosis (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); hypnosis (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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