- a variation of hypnoidal.
hypnoid
1 Britishadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of hypnoid
from New Latin hypnum , from Greek hupnon a type of lichen, + -oid
Example Sentences
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Instead, Breuer asserted the phenomenon of dissociation due to trauma, which was implicit in his theory of hypnoid states, was more fundamental.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 30, 2015
Freud for his part was skeptical of the whole concept of hypnoid states.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 30, 2015
Breuer called this altered state of consciousness the hypnoid state, owing to its similarity to the state induced by hypnosis.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 30, 2015
For that purpose I brought her into a hypnoid state, bending her head backwards and speaking to her with slow voice until I saw that a slight drowsy state was reached.
From Psychotherapy by Hugo Münsterberg
To the medical mind these ecstasies signify nothing but suggested and imitated hypnoid states, on an intellectual basis of superstition, and a corporeal one of degeneration and hysteria.
From Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature by William James
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