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Synonyms for hypnotic

Grammar : Adj
Spell : hip-not-ik
Phonetic Transcription : hɪpˈnɒt ɪk

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Définition of hypnotic

Origin :
  • 1620s, "inducing sleep," originally used of drugs, from French hypnotique (16c.) "inclined to sleep, soporific," from Late Latin hypnoticus, from Greek hypnotikos "inclined to sleep, putting to sleep, sleepy," from hypnoun "put to sleep," from hypnos "sleep" (see somnolence). Modern sense of "pertaining to an induced trance" first recorded in English 1843, along with hypnotist, hypnotize, both coined by Dr. James Braid. Related: Hypnotical; hypnotically.
  • adj spellbinding, sleep-inducing
Example sentences :
  • In a moment he's onto Emil, an' begins to w'irl his hypnotic rope.
  • Extract from : « Faro Nell and Her Friends » by Alfred Henry Lewis
  • All cases such as yours respond most readily to hypnotic suggestion.
  • Extract from : « The Ivory Snuff Box » by Arnold Fredericks
  • But so hypnotic quasi-reasons: that globular lumps of sandstone are common.
  • Extract from : « The Book of the Damned » by Charles Fort
  • You have never tried to demonstrate to a hypnotic that a table is not a hippopotamus.
  • Extract from : « The Book of the Damned » by Charles Fort
  • I am firmly convinced that stammering can be cured by hypnotic suggestion.
  • Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by Hugo Mnsterberg
  • The shortest way to get hold of such past impressions is the hypnotic one.
  • Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by Hugo Mnsterberg
  • He was easily brought into hypnotic state by verbal suggestions.
  • Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by Hugo Mnsterberg
  • And now I told him that I would begin with the hypnotic influence.
  • Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by Hugo Mnsterberg
  • The next step is the acquisition of the hypnotic state, per se.
  • Extract from : « A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis » by Melvin Powers
  • I have had many requests for a hypnotic crystal ball and chain.
  • Extract from : « A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis » by Melvin Powers

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