hypnotism
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- noun
- /ˈhɪpnəˌtɪzəm/
- Specialized
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hipnotismo
- The stage show featured a magician who demonstrated the effects of hypnotism on volunteers.
So, you know, hypnotism or mesmerism plays a role in a lot of this.
- So, you know, hypnotism or mesmerism plays a role in a lot of this.
Examples
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Do you know anything of the practice of hypnotism?
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Whereas when it comes to hypnotism, the student has almost become the master.
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And have you thought about hypnotism at all?
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I believe it has to do with the act of hypnotism itself.
Blog text (22) -
Hypnotism, as I use it, is quite harmless, you know.
Fiction book (1990) -
So, you know, hypnotism or mesmerism plays a role in a lot of this.
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Have you any experience with hypnotism, Barnabas?
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- You studied hypnotism, didn't you?
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And what it was about was they went to see a hypnotism show, and at the hypnotism show, they made Homer think he was the same age as Bart.
Blog text (30) -
You have the facts, and I have two fivers in my pocket, and all thanks to hypnotism—I don't need any rational explanations!
Fiction book (1997)
Synonyms
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A method of putting people into a sleep-like state to make them follow suggestions
To make someone fall asleep or enter hypnosis
How Therapeutic
- Specialized
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- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
hypnotism = hypnosis (transparent) = hypnot + ism
Formed from 'hypnosis' with the productive suffix '-ism' meaning the practice or doctrine, so the meaning is directly derived from the base.
Etymology
Hypnotism comes from the Greek root hypno- meaning 'sleep'. So a helpful way to remember it is that hypnotism is the practice of making a person feel 'sleep-like' and very open to ideas or instructions.