hypnosis
Meanings
noun
- A trancelike state, artificially induced, in which a person has a heightened suggestibility, and in which suppressed memories may be experienced.
- Any of various sleep-like conditions.
- The art or skill of hypnotism.
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Etymology
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”).
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