autohypnosis
[ aw-toh-hip-noh-sis ]
noun
self-induced hypnosis or hypnotic state.
Origin of autohypnosis
1Other words from autohypnosis
- au·to·hyp·not·ic [aw-toh-hip-not-ik], /ˌɔ toʊ hɪpˈnɒt ɪk/, adjective
- au·to·hyp·not·i·cal·ly, adverb
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How to use autohypnosis in a sentence
The part that hypnosis and autohypnosis, conscious and unconscious, has played here cannot easily be overestimated.
Some people call this process the autohypnosis of the great.
H. R. | Edwin Lefevre
British Dictionary definitions for autohypnosis
autohypnosis
/ (ˌɔːtəʊhɪpˈnəʊsɪs) /
noun
psychol the process or result of self-induced hypnosis
Derived forms of autohypnosis
- autohypnotic (ˌɔːtəʊhɪpˈnɒtɪk), adjective
- autohypnotically, adverb
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