hypnosis

noun
/hɪpˈnoʊsɪs/US

Etymology

From modern scholarly Ancient Greek ὕπνωσις (húpnōsis), which formation closes the derivational gap between the ancient words ὑπνόω (hupnóō, “I put to sleep”) and ὑπνωτικός (hupnōtikós, “sleep-inducing, soporific”). Ultimately traces back to ὕπνος (húpnos, “sleep”).

  1. borrowed from ὕπνωσις

Definitions

  1. A trancelike state, artificially induced, in which a person has a heightened…

    A trancelike state, artificially induced, in which a person has a heightened suggestibility, and in which suppressed memories may be experienced.

    • clinical hypnosis
    • under hypnosis
    • self-hypnosis
  2. Any of various sleep-like conditions.

  3. The art or skill of hypnotism.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at hypnosis. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at hypnosis. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at hypnosis

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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