Meanings
plural hypnotists
- A person who uses hypnotism to induce hypnosis in someone, either for entertainment or therapy.
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Following their modelling of Perls and Satir, Bandler and Grinder went on to model Milton H. Erickson, the world’s foremost medical hypnotist. The result was a different set of language patterns, the Milton Model, and the publication of the second NLP book, Patterns of the Hypnotic Techniques of Milton H. Erickson MD.
2010, Steve Bavister and Amanda Vickers, Essential NLP (Teach Yourself^®), Great Britain: Hodder Education < Hachette UK Co., published 2014, page 7Synonyms: hypnotizer
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person who uses hypnotism to induce hypnosis in someone, either for entertainment or therapy.
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Bulgarian хипнотист
- хипнотист (hipnotist)person who uses hypnotism
Catalan hipnotitzador
- hipnotitzadorperson who uses hypnotism
Chinese Mandarin 催眠師 /催眠师
- 催眠師 /催眠师 (cuīmiánshī)person who uses hypnotism
Danish hypnotisør
- hypnotisørperson who uses hypnotism
Esperanto hipnotisto
- hipnotistoperson who uses hypnotism
Finnish hypnotisoija
- hypnotisoijaperson who uses hypnotism
French hypnotiseur, hypnotiseuse
- hypnotiseurperson who uses hypnotism
- hypnotiseuseperson who uses hypnotism
German Hypnotiseur, Hypnotiseurin
- Hypnotiseurperson who uses hypnotism
- Hypnotiseurinperson who uses hypnotism
Hindi सम्मोहक
- सम्मोहक (sammohak)person who uses hypnotism
Hungarian hipnotizőr
- hipnotizőrperson who uses hypnotism
Irish hiopnóisí
- hiopnóisíperson who uses hypnotism
Italian ipnotizzatore, ipnotista
- ipnotizzatoreperson who uses hypnotism
- ipnotistaperson who uses hypnotism
Japanese 催眠術師
- 催眠術師 (saiminjutsushi)person who uses hypnotism
Korean 최면술사
- 최면술사 (choemyeonsulsa)person who uses hypnotism
Lithuanian hipnotizuotojas
- hipnotizuotojasperson who uses hypnotism
Norwegian Bokmål hypnotisør
- hypnotisørperson who uses hypnotism
Polish hipnotyzer
- hipnotyzerperson who uses hypnotism
Portuguese hipnotizador
- hipnotizadorperson who uses hypnotism
Romanian hipnotizator, hipnotizatoare
- hipnotizatorperson who uses hypnotism
- hipnotizatoareperson who uses hypnotism
Russian гипнотизёр, гипнотизёрша
- гипнотизёр (gipnotizjór)person who uses hypnotism
- гипнотизёрша (gipnotizjórša)person who uses hypnotism
Scottish Gaelic suainealaiche
- suainealaicheperson who uses hypnotism
Spanish hipnotizador
- hipnotizadorperson who uses hypnotism
Swedish hypnotisör
- hypnotisörperson who uses hypnotism
Turkish hipnozcu
- hipnozcuperson who uses hypnotism
Welsh hypnotydd
- hypnotyddperson who uses hypnotism
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Cite this entry
hypnotist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypnotist
“hypnotist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypnotist. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hypnotist,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypnotist.
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