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hypnotism

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈhɪpnətɪzəm/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈhɪpnəˌtɪzəm/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(hip′nə tiz′əm)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
hyp•no•tism /ˈhɪpnəˌtɪzəm/USA pronunciation   n. 
  1. Medicine[uncountable] the study or practice of causing hypnosis.
  2. Psychology the act of hypnotizing:[countable]The hypnotism took only moments.
  3. Psychologyhypnosis (def. 1).
hyp•no•tist, n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
hyp•no•tism  (hip′nə tiz′əm),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Psychologythe science dealing with the induction of hypnosis.
  2. Psychologythe act of hypnotizing.
  3. Psychologyhypnosis.
  • see hypnotic, -ism shortening of neuro-hypnotism, term introduced by British surgeon James Braid (1795–1860) in 1842
hyp′no•tist, n. 
hyp′no•tis′tic, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
hypnotism /ˈhɪpnəˌtɪzəm/ n
  1. the scientific study and practice of hypnosis
  2. the process of inducing hypnosis
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