hypnoid

¹

/ ˈhɪpˌnɔɪd; hɪpˈnɔɪdəl /

adjective

1. psychol of or relating to a state resembling sleep or hypnosis

hypnoid

²

/ ˈhɪpˌnɔɪd /

adjective

1. resembling a moss, specifically a moss of the genus Hypnum

Word History and Origins

Origin of hypnoid¹

from New Latin hypnum , from Greek hupnon a type of lichen, + -oid

Example Sentences

Breuer called this altered state of consciousness the hypnoid state, owing to its similarity to the state induced by hypnosis.

From Scientific American

To the medical mind these ecstasies signify nothing but suggested hypnoid states, on an intellectual basis of superstition, and a corporeal one of degeneration and hysteria.

From Project Gutenberg

For that purpose I brought her into a hypnoid state, bending her head backwards and speaking to her with slow voice until I saw that a slight drowsy state was reached.

From Project Gutenberg

To the medical mind these ecstasies signify nothing but suggested and imitated hypnoid states, on an intellectual basis of superstition, and a corporeal one of degeneration and hysteria.

From Project Gutenberg

In Five Lectures on Psychoanalysis, he wrote that “Breuer's theory of 'hypnoid states' turned out to be impeding and unnecessary, and it has been dropped by psycho-analysis today.”

From Scientific American