dehypnotize

American

[dee-hip-nuh-tahyz] / diˈhɪp nəˌtaɪz /

especially British, dehypnotise

verb (used with object)

dehypnotized, dehypnotizing

to bring out of the hypnotic state.

dehypnotize British

/ diːˈhɪpnəˌtaɪz /

verb

(tr) to bring out of the hypnotic state

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Other Word Forms

dehypnotization

noun

Etymology

Origin of dehypnotize

de- + hypnotize

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It took, she said, 23 visits to Australian-born Dr. Sydney Van Pelt, president of the British Society of Medical Hypnotists and avowed foe of stage hypnotism, to dehypnotize her.

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