hypnos — meaning in English
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English meaning
- hypnosis noun A trance-like state, usually brought on deliberately, in which a person becomes highly open to suggestion.
Senses
hypnos is used for these senses in English:
- Hypnos (Greek god) The god and personification of sleep. The son of Nyx and Erebus, twin brother of Thanatos, husband of Pasithea, and the father of the Oneiroi. His Roman counterpart is Somnus.
- hypnosis A trancelike state, artificially induced, in which a person has a heightened suggestibility, and in which suppressed memories may be experienced.