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"If you can learn hypnotism," she suggested, "you might use it as anesthesia."
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hypnotism = a trance-like state of focused concentration and heightened suggestibility
She was staring straight ahead, as if hypnotized by the headlights' beam, and her lips were moving.†
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There had been so many new distractions, drive-in theaters, dashing off to springs and beaches over the weekends, the mass hypnosis of the young every evening, and finally the craze for boating and water-skiing.†
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One day in July, Alice Cooksey brought home four books on hypnotism, and presented them to Dan Gunn.†
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Dan knew a number of doctors, and dentists too, who commonly practiced hypnotism.†
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Soon Dan hypnotized Helen.†
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He then hypnotized or attempted hypnosis on everyone in River Road.†
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He then hypnotized or attempted hypnosis on everyone in River Road.†
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He couldn't hypnotize the Admiral at all.†
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He succeeded in partially hypnotizing Randy, with poor results, including grogginess and a headache.†
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Dan hypnotized them again and again until he had only to speak a few sentences, in the jargon of the hypnotist, snap his fingers, and they would fall into malleable trance.†
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Helen is studying hypnotism too.†
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Was the mother under hypnosis?†
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Definitions:

(1) (hypnotize as in: hypnotized to try to remember)
to put someone into a state of hypnosis (a trance-like state of focused concentration and heightened suggestibility)

Hypnosis is a special, trance-like state of focused attention. A hypnotized person is often very relaxed and more willing than usual to accept and act on the hypnotist’s suggestions. Despite popular myths, hypnotized people don't lose control and won't do things against their core values.
(2) (hypnotize as in: hypnotized by her performance)
fascinate so much that awareness of other surrounding things is lost or too much trust is granted
(3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)