hypnotize
verb (used with object)
to put in the hypnotic state.
hypnotization
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a word derived from
hypnotize.
Example Sentences
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The policeman handed the detective the rubber dagger which he had picked up, forgotten, on the floor where Errol had dropped it when he came out from the hypnotization.
From The Treasure-Train by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve
Two obscure branches of hypnotism are probably of great importance in the religious history of the human race, namely self-hypnotization without external suggestion and the hypnotization of crowds.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 by Sir Charles Eliot
New hypnotization and suggestion, during which the motions cease, and they remain absent when she wakes. 21st.—Has had slight pains and a few choraic movements. 25th.—Is doing well; has no movements; says she is cured.
From Telepathy and the Subliminal Self by R. Osgood Mason
The hypnotization of animals shows that only a very low grade intelligence is needed for the production of this state.
From Psychotherapy by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh
This hypnotization leads men to "the erroneous opinion that the existing order is unchangeable and must be upheld, while in reality it is unchangeable only by its being upheld."
From Anarchism by Paul Eltzbacher
