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hypnosis

[hip-noh-sis] / hɪpˈnoʊ sɪs /




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Since that article was published, investigative hypnosis has been shown to be completely unreliable.

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

His eyes seem to recede under his eyelids, as though entering a profound state of hypnosis.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2025

Self-help videos offered advice on relationships, wellness, business success and spirituality - including hypnosis, meditation and exercise programmes.

From BBC • Jul. 14, 2024

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