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hypnosis

[hip-noh-sis] / hɪpˈnoʊ sɪs /




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During the hypnosis session, Barganier again described the man she saw driving the car as having “long, wavy” dark-blond hair.

From Slate • Feb. 13, 2026

Some of the messages mentioned hypnosis sessions and offered to tell Amelie her "memories", prosecutor Nadia Silver said.

From Barron's • Oct. 9, 2025

Bianchi did so under hypnosis, and convinced more than one psychiatrist that he suffered from multiple personality disorder.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2025

As a student, he watched a hypnosis show, which ultimately inspired him to embark on his own career in magic.

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2025

Karhidish psychologists, though lacking mindspeech and thus like, blind surgeons, were ingenious with drugs, hypnosis, spotshock, cryonic touch, and various mental therapies; I asked if these two psychopaths could not be cured.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin