hypnoidal

or hyp·noid

[hip-noid-l or hip-noid]

adjective Psychology.

characterizing a state that resembles mild hypnosis but that is usually induced by other than hypnotic means.

Origin of hypnoidal

First recorded in 1895–1900; hypn- + -oid + -al¹

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Or, again, is suggestion in the waking-state equivalent to suggestion in hypnoidal states?
Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology
C. G. Jung
You will ask why I cling to the use of hypnotism; or rather of hypnoidal states.
Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology
C. G. Jung