Lexicon of Perception · Entry 001

HYPNOLYSIS

hyp·nol·y·sis /hɪpˈnɒl.ə.sɪs/

noun

The dissolution of a hypnotic trance.

Etymology

Greek hypnos (ὕπνος), sleep or trance
+ lysis (λύσις), loosening, unbinding, dissolution

  1. Clinical The acute or progressive dissolution of an artificially induced or passively acquired hypnotic state.
  2. Societal The systemic breaking of individual or collective somnambulism.
  3. Action The deliberate dissolution of cognitive automation and externally conditioned patterns of thought; the reclamation of self-directed perception.

Antonym

Hypnogenesis — the induction of the trance.

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