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hypnotist

/ˈhɪpnətɪst/

hypnotist noun: a person who uses hypnotism to induce hypnosis in someone, either for entertainment or therapy.

Noun

hypnotist (plural hypnotists)

  1. A person who uses hypnotism to induce hypnosis in someone, either for entertainment or therapy.
    • Following their modelling of Perls and Satir, Bandler and Grinder went on to model Milton H. Erickson, the world’s foremost medical hypnotist. The result was a different set of language patterns, the Milton Model, and the publication of the second NLP book, Patterns of the Hypnotic Techniques of...2010, Steve Bavister and Amanda Vickers, Essential NLP (Teach Yourself^®), Great Britain: Hodder Education < Hachette UK Co., published 2014, page 7
    Synonyms:
    hypnotizer

hypnotist meaning in Hindi and Tamil

hypnotist in Hindi

person who uses hypnotism
सम्मोहक sammohak

hypnotist in Tamil

அறிதுயில் ஆழ்த்துநர், அறிதுயிற்றுநர்

Synonyms of hypnotist

Forms of hypnotist

pluralhypnotists

Origin of hypnotist

From hypnotise + -ist.

Questions about hypnotist

What does hypnotist mean?
Hypnotist means a person who uses hypnotism to induce hypnosis in someone, either for entertainment or therapy.
What is hypnotist in Hindi?
Hypnotist in Hindi is सम्मोहक (sammohak). See Hypnotist meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is hypnotist?
Hypnotist is a noun.
How do you pronounce hypnotist?
Hypnotist is pronounced /ˈhɪpnətɪst/.
What is the plural of hypnotist?
The plural of hypnotist is hypnotists.

Words near hypnotist in the dictionary

  1. hypnotises
  2. hypnotising
  3. hypnotisingly
  4. hypnotism
  5. hypnotisms
  6. hypnotist
  7. hypnotistic
  8. hypnotists
  9. hypnotizability
  10. hypnotizable
  11. hypnotizables

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hypnotist (page history and authors); hypnotist (Tamil 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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