hypnosisnoun [ U ]
uk/hɪpˈnəʊ.sɪs/us/hɪpˈnoʊ.sɪs/a mental state like sleep, in which a person's thoughts can be easily influenced by someone else:
Under deep hypnosis she remembered the traumatic events of that night.
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