hypnosis
English
/hɪpˈnoʊsɪs/
noun
Definitions
- A trancelike state, artificially induced, in which a person has a heightened suggestibility, and in which suppressed memories may be experienced.
- The art or skill of hypnotism.
Etymology
Suffix from English hypnotic root from Proto-Indo-European *swep- (sleep, dream).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*swep-
Gloss
sleep, dream
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
寝, 眠, 睡
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antihypnotic English
- autohypnosis English
- autohypnotic English
- hypnotic English
- hypnotically English
- hypnotism English
- hypnotist English
- hypnotizability English
- hypnotizable English
- hypnotize English
- narcohypnosis English
- narcohypnotic English
- nonhypnotic English
- parahypnosis English
- parahypnotic English
- posthypnosis English
- posthypnotic English
- prehypnosis English
- prehypnotic English
- rehypnosis English
- unhypnotic English
- insomnia Latin
- insomnis Latin
- somniculōsus Latin
- somniferum Latin
- somniāre Latin
- somnolentia Latin
- somnolentus Latin
- sopio Latin
- sopor Latin
- sopōriferum Latin
- īnsomnia Latin
- īnsomnis Latin
- insonnolire Italian
- insonnolito Italian
- ipnosi Italian
- ipnoticamente Italian
- ipnotizzare Italian
- ipnotizzatore Italian
- sonnacchiosamente Italian
- sonnecchiare Italian
- sopimento Italian
- спать Russian
- hipnosis Spanish, Castilian
- εὕδω Ancient Greek
- ὑπνωτικός Ancient Greek
- ὕπνος Ancient Greek
- Ὕπνος Ancient Greek
- *supnós Proto-Indo-European
- *swep- Proto-Indo-European
- *swepno- Proto-Indo-European
- *swepōr Proto-Indo-European
- *swopnos Proto-Indo-European
- *swép-e-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *swépnos Proto-Indo-European
- *swópniʸom Proto-Indo-European
- *swópno- Proto-Indo-European
- *súpnos Proto-Indo-European
- *swabjaną Proto-Germanic
- *swefaną Proto-Germanic
- *swefnaz Proto-Germanic
- spać Polish
- प्र-स्वपिति Sanskrit
- sofa Old Norse
- svefnugr Old Norse
- *sъpati Proto-Slavic
- *usъnǫti Proto-Slavic
- քուն Old Armenian
- *swap- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *swepōs Proto-Italic
- hwʾb Middle Persian
- asunâse Ligurian