hypnosis

hypnosis
noun
  1. [mass noun]the induction of a state of consciousness in which a person apparently loses the power of voluntary action and is highly responsive to suggestion or direction. Its use in therapy, typically to recover suppressed memories or to allow modification of behaviour by suggestion, has been revived but is still controversial
    催眠
    ■this state of consciousness
    催眠状态
语源
  1. late 19th cent.: from Greek hupnos 'sleep' + -osis
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