Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act or process of hypnotizing oneself.
- noun A self-induced hypnotic state.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Self-induced hypnotic trance.
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- noun
Hypnosis of oneself.
Etymologies
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Examples
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In an act of autohypnosis, he was pushing the channel button on the remote, repeatedly working his way through the eight available stations.
The Big Scam Paul Lindsay 2005
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All that booze and cocaine back in the day has made the I-Man forgetful, otherwise he'd recall how fantasy, distortion and plain autohypnosis informed most of the late President's discourse.
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And for a while things went smoothly-as smoothly, at least, as they can go on a world of eager, energetic teddy bears with imaginations active to the point of autohypnosis.
Hokas Pokas Anderson, Poul 2000
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And for a while things went smoothlyas smoothly, at least, as they can go on a world of eager, energetic teddy bears with imaginations active to the point of autohypnosis.
Hokas Pokas Anderson, Poul 1983
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It was a form of autohypnosis well known to Plateau citizens of both social classes, differing from other forms only in that nearly anyone could fall into such a state by accident.
A Gift From Earth Niven, Larry 1968
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It was a form of autohypnosis well known to Plateau citizens of both social classes, differing from other forms only in that nearly anyone could fall into such a state by accident.
A Gift From Earth Niven, Larry 1968
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\tab From then on he was letter-perfect in following orders of landing signal officers, obeying like a robot, emotions and judgment suppressed by a sort of autohypnosis.
Time Enough For Love Heinlein, Robert A. 1973
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