hypnotherapy

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/ˌhɪpnoʊˈθɛɹəpi/

noun

Treatment of disease by means of hypnotism.

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Meanings

nounhypnotherapy (countable and uncountable, plural hypnotherapies)

plural hypnotherapies

  1. countableuncountableTreatment of disease by means of hypnotism.

    Hypnotherapy, the therapeutic use of hypnotism.

    1897, Lippincott's Medical Dictionary
    2 more examples

    Direct persuasive suggestion under hypnosis was the type of hypnotherapy used by the old medical practitioners of hypnotism.

    1947, Leslie M. Lecron, Jean Bordeaux, Hypnotism Today

    Scientific training is attempted in the...two-year Hypnotherapy Centre course.

    1960 November 25, The Spectator

Origin

From hypno- + therapy.

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Translations

Catalan hipnoteràpia
  • hipnoteràpiatreatment of disease through hypnotism
Chinese Mandarin 催眠療法 /催眠疗法
  • 催眠療法 /催眠疗法 (cuīmián liáofǎ)treatment of disease through hypnotism
Dutch hypnotherapie
  • hypnotherapietreatment of disease through hypnotism
Esperanto hipnota terapio
  • hipnota terapiotreatment of disease through hypnotism
Finnish hypnoterapia
  • hypnoterapiatreatment of disease through hypnotism
German Hypnotherapie
  • Hypnotherapietreatment of disease through hypnotism
Irish hipniteiripe
  • hipniteiripetreatment of disease through hypnotism
Italian ipnositerapia
  • ipnositerapiatreatment of disease through hypnotism
Korean 최면치료
  • 최면치료 (choemyeonchiryo)treatment of disease through hypnotism
Polish hipnoterapia
  • hipnoterapiatreatment of disease through hypnotism
Portuguese hipnoterapia
  • hipnoterapiatreatment of disease through hypnotism
Russian гипнотерапи́я
  • гипнотерапи́я (gipnoterapíja)treatment of disease through hypnotism
Spanish hipnoterapia
  • hipnoterapiatreatment of disease through hypnotism
Welsh hypnotherapi
  • hypnotherapitreatment of disease through hypnotism
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APA

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Chicago

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