215. Hypnosis

See also 334. PSYCHOLOGY .

autohypnotism, 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 .