Hypnosis can be used in behavior therapy.
An example of hypnosis is a technique that is sometimes used to help someone stop smoking.
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noun
pl. -·ses·Origin of hypnosis
ModL: see hypno- and -osis
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noun
pl. hyp·no·ses,Origin of hypnosis
New Latin hypnōsis from Greek hupnoun to put to sleep ; see hypnotic .
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See also psychology.
autohypnosis 1. the process of hypnotizing oneself. 2. the resulting state. biomagnetism 1. animal magnetism, or the power that enables some people to induce a hypnotic state in others. 2. physical attraction between members of opposite sexes. —biomagnetic, adj. hypnoanalysis psychoanalysis of a patiënt while he is under hypnosis. —hypnoanalytic, hypnoanalytical, adj. hypnogenesis the process of inducing a state of hypnosis. —hypnogenetic, adj. hypnotherapy psychotherapy employing hypnosis. —hypnotherapeutic, adj. hypnotism the science that studies hypnosis and the process of inducing a hypnotic state. —hypnotist, n. mesmerism 1. hypnosis as induced by Dr. F. A. Mesmer through “animal magnetism,” a 19th-century therapy. 2. hypnotism. 3. a compelling attraction; fascination. —mesmerization, n. —mesmerist, mesmerizer, n. mesmeromania an obsession with hypnosis. monoideism the focusing of the attention on a single thing, especially as a result of hypnosis. narcohypnosis hypnosis with the aid of drugs. odylism the theory of od, a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to reveal itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc. —odylic, adj. psycheism Rare. the state of being in a hypnotic trance. somnipathy a state of sleep induced by hypnosis or mesmerism. —somnipathist, n.
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(plural hypnoses)
From Ancient Greek ὕπνος (hupnos, “sleep”) + -osis.
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pl. hypnoses (-sēz)
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