hypnologist
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- noun
- /hɪpˈnɑlədʒɪst/
- Specialized
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hipnólogo
- After struggling with anxiety, she decided to see a hypnologist to help her relax.
Examples
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So she goes to a hypnologist and the visits stop.
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So she goes back to the hypnologist and says, "Can't you just make him come back once a week?"
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The hypnologist used various techniques to help her overcome her fear of flying.
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He became a hypnologist after studying hypnosis for several years in college.
Synonyms
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A person who uses guided relaxation to make people follow suggestions for help or entertainment
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A person who uses hypnosis to help people change habits and overcome fears
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A person who puts someone into a relaxed, focused trance using words
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A person who uses special techniques to make someone fall into a trance
A person who uses a calm voice and slow movements to put people into a sleep-like state
How Experienced
Surface Forms
Morphology
hypnologist = hypnology (opaque) = hypno + log + ist
Adding '-ist' to the field term 'hypnology' yields a specialist noun, but the overall word is specialized and not easily guessable for most learners.
Etymology
The word hypnologist comes from the Greek root hypno-, meaning 'sleep', and the ending -logist, which means 'someone who studies' and appears in words like biologist and psychologist. So a hypnologist is literally someone who studies 'sleep' or sleep-like states, which is why today it means a person who studies or practices hypnosis to help people.