Hypnotism
['hɪpnətɪz(ə)m] or ['hɪpnətɪzəm]
Definition
(n.) A form of sleep or somnambulism brought on by artificial means, in which there is an unusual suspension of some powers, and an unusual activity of others. It is induced by an action upon the nerves, through the medium of the senses, as in persons of very feeble organization, by gazing steadly at a very bright object held before the eyes, or by pressure upon certain points of the surface of the body.
Typist: Nelda
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Sleepiness, lethargy.
Typist: Rachel
Definition
n. a sleep-like condition induced by artificial means: a nervous sleep like the condition under mesmerism.—n. Hypnogen′esis production of hypnotism—also Hypnog′eny.—adj. Hypnogenet′ic.—adv. Hypnogenet′ically.—adjs. Hypnogen′ic Hypnot′ic having the property of producing sleep; Hypnog′enous.—ns. Hypnol′ogy the sum of knowledge about sleep; Hypnō′sis the production of sleep: the hypnotic state; Hypnot′ic a medicine that induces sleep; Hypnotisabil′ity.—adj. Hyp′notisable.—n. Hypnotisā′tion.—v.t. Hyp′notīse to subject to hypnotism to produce hypnotic sleep in any one.—n. Hyp′notīser.—adjs. Hypnotis′tic; Hyp′notoid like hypnotism.
Inputed by Bennett