Hypnosis

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hypnosis \Hyp*no"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? sleep.]
     1. (Med.) Supervention of sleep.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. The condition of being hypnotized or the process of
        hypnotizing a person; hypnotism[1].


        [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hypnotism \Hyp"no*tism\, n. [Gr. ? sleep: cf. F. hypnotisme.]
     1. A form of sleep or trance, in some respects resembling
        somnambulism, but brought on by artificial means, in which
        there is an unusual suspension of some powers, and an
        unusual activity of others, especially a heightened
        susceptibility to suggestion. It is induced by an action
        upon the nerves, through the medium of the senses, by
        causing the subject to gaze steadily at a very bright
        object held before the eyes, or on an oscillating object,
        or by pressure upon certain points of the surface of the
        body, usually accompanied by the speaking of the hypnotist
        in quiet soothing tones. Called also {hypnosis}.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]
  
     2. The science which deals with the induction and properties
        of the hypnotic state.
        [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mesmerism \Mes"mer*ism\, n. [From Mesmer, who first brought it
     into notice at Vienna, about 1775: cf. F. mesm['e]risme.]
     An earlier name for {hypnosis} or {hypnotism}, the art of
     inducing an extraordinary or abnormal state of the nervous
     system, in which the actor claims to control the actions, and
     communicate directly with the mind, of the recipient. It is
     believed to be a state between sleep and wakefulness, in
     which a person is more susceptible to suggestion than when
     awake. See {Animal magnetism}, under {Magnetism}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hypnosis
       n : a state that resembles sleep but that is induced by
           suggestion
       [also: {hypnoses} (pl)]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  88 Moby Thesaurus words for "hypnosis":
     Arica movement, Erhard Seminars Training, New Consciousness,
     Pentothal interview, SAT, T-group, animal hypnosis,
     assertiveness training, autohypnosis, autosuggestion,
     behavior modification, behavior therapy, bioenergetics,
     biofeedback, cataleptic hypnosis, confrontation therapy,
     conjoint therapy, consciousness raising, counseling, dharana,
     dhyana, directive therapy, ecstasis, ecstasy, encounter therapy,
     est, family training, feminist therapy, gestalt therapy,
     group psychotherapy, group relations training,
     group sensitivity training, group therapy, humanistic therapy,
     hypnoanalysis, hypnotherapy, hypnotic sleep, hypnotic suggestion,
     hypnotism, lethargic hypnosis, marathon, marriage encounter,
     mind cure, narcoanalysis, narcohypnosis, narcosynthesis,
     narcotherapy, nondirective therapy, occupational therapy,
     pastoral counseling, play therapy, posthypnotic suggestion,
     power of suggestion, primal therapy, prolonged narcosis,
     psychodrama, psychological counseling, psychosurgery,
     psychosynthesis, psychotherapeutics, psychotherapy,
     radical therapy, rapture, rational-emotive therapy,
     reality therapy, recreational therapy, regression therapy,
     release therapy, samadhi, scream therapy, self-hypnosis,
     self-suggestion, sensitivity training, sensory awareness training,
     sleep treatment, somnambulistic hypnosis, somnipathy,
     suggestibility, suggestion therapy, suggestionism,
     supportive therapy, training group, trance, transactional analysis,
     transcendental meditation, transpersonal therapy,
     vocational therapy, yoga trance