autohypnosis

American  

[aw-toh-hip-noh-sis] / ˌɔ toʊ hɪpˈnoʊ sɪs /

noun

1. self-induced hypnosis or hypnotic state.

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autohypnosis British  

/ ˌɔːtəʊhɪpˈnəʊsɪs /

noun

1. psychol the process or result of self-induced hypnosis

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Other Word Forms

• autohypnotic
  adjective
• autohypnotically
  adverb

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Etymology

Origin of autohypnosis

First recorded in 1900–05; auto- ¹ + hypnosis

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Example Sentences

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autohypnosis

“There is a quality of trance, of autohypnosis, in her style,” Parul Sehgal wrote.

From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2021

There is a quality of trance, of autohypnosis, in her style.

From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2021

He trained patients to anesthetize themselves by autohypnosis; they jabbed needles into their arms without feeling it and, by means of posthypnotic suggestion, remained indifferent to the pain even after they "awoke."

From Time Magazine Archive

Pain has been abolished through some kind of autohypnosis; local surgeons operate without anesthesia by drugs.

From Time Magazine Archive

Some people call this process the autohypnosis of the great.

From H. R. by Edwin Lefevre

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