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hypnotherapy

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˌhɪpnoʊˈθɛɹəpi/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Treatment of disease by means of hypnotism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the use of hypnosis in psychotherapy

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: psychotherapy

History

Etymology

From hypno- + therapy.

Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: հիպնոթերապիա (hipnotʻerapia) — treatment of disease through hypnotism
  • Catalan: hipnoteràpia — treatment of disease through hypnotism
  • Chinese Mandarin: 催眠療法 /催眠疗法 (cuīmián liáofǎ) — treatment of disease through hypnotism
  • Dutch: hypnotherapie — treatment of disease through hypnotism
  • Esperanto: hipnota terapio — treatment of disease through hypnotism
  • Finnish: hypnoterapia — treatment of disease through hypnotism
  • German: Hypnotherapie — treatment of disease through hypnotism
  • Irish: hipniteiripe — treatment of disease through hypnotism
  • Italian: ipnositerapia — treatment of disease through hypnotism
  • Korean: 최면치료 (choemyeonchiryo) — treatment of disease through hypnotism
  • Polish: hipnoterapia — treatment of disease through hypnotism
  • Portuguese: hipnoterapia — treatment of disease through hypnotism
  • Russian: гипнотерапи́я (gipnoterapíja) — treatment of disease through hypnotism
  • Slovene: hipnoterapija — treatment of disease through hypnotism
  • Spanish: hipnoterapia — treatment of disease through hypnotism
  • Welsh: hypnotherapi — treatment of disease through hypnotism