Hypnosis is a state in which a person seems to be asleep but can still see, hear, or respond to things said to them.
Bevin is now an adult and has re-lived her birth experience under hypnosis.
2. uncountable noun
Hypnosis is the art or practice of hypnotizing people.
hypnosis in British English
(hɪpˈnəʊsɪs)
nounWord forms: plural-ses (-siːz)
an artificially induced state of relaxation and concentration in which deeper parts of the mind become more accessible: used clinically to reduce reaction to pain, to encourage free association, etc
See also autohypnosis
hypnosis in American English
(hɪpˈnoʊsɪs)
nounWord forms: pluralhypˈnoˌses (hɪpnoʊˌsiz)
1.
a trancelike condition usually induced by another person, in which the subject isin a state of altered consciousness and responds, with certain limitations, to the suggestions of the hypnotist
2.
hypnotism
Word origin
ModL: see hypno- & -osis
Examples of 'hypnosis' in a sentence
hypnosis
It is very difficult to fall asleep in hypnosis.
Austin, Valerie Self-Hypnosis (1994)
Word lists with
hypnosis
Branches of alternative medicine, Psychology terms
In other languages
hypnosis
British English: hypnosis NOUN
Hypnosis is a state in which a person seems to be asleep but can still see, hear, or respond to things said to them.
She is now an adult and has relived her birth experience under hypnosis.
American English: hypnosis
Brazilian Portuguese: hipnose
Chinese: 催眠状态
European Spanish: hipnosis
French: hypnose
German: Hypnose
Italian: ipnosi
Japanese: 催眠状態
Korean: 최면 상태
European Portuguese: hipnose
Latin American Spanish: hipnosis
Chinese translation of 'hypnosis'
hypnosis
(hɪpˈnəusɪs)
n(u)
(= state) 催眠状(狀)态(態) (cuīmián zhuàngtài)
(= hypnotism) 催眠术(術) (cuīmiánshù)
under hypnosis处(處)于(於)被催眠状(狀)态(態) (chǔyú bèi cuīmián zhuàngtài)