hypnotist
Puts you under
A hypnotist is a person who induces hypnosis in others—a trance-like state of focused attention and heightened suggestibility.
Hypnotists work in therapeutic settings to help with pain management, addiction, or anxiety, or as entertainers who make audience volunteers cluck like chickens or forget their own names: The stage hypnotist had volunteers convinced they were opera singers.
Formal admission process
- deepeningBecoming more profound
- altered stateModified consciousness experience
- suggestibilityReadiness to accept influence
- relaxationState of being unwound
focus · dissociation · somnambulism · susceptibility · awakening · depth · light · medium
Captivate completely, immovably
- captivateHold attention irresistibly
- entrancePoint of access
- transfixImmobilize through shock or piercing
- bewitchCaptivate by supernatural means
enchant · fascinate · enthrall · rivet · engross · grip · absorb · allure
Performer of visual deception
- magicianPerformer of illusions
- showmanDramatic, attention-grabbing performer
- performanceCarrying out a task
- audienceGathered viewers collectively
entertainment · spectacle · act · cabaret · vaudeville · theater · conjurer · mentalist
Below conscious awareness
- unconsciousNot awake or aware
- consciousMentally present and alert
- suggestibleEasily influenced by others
- brainwavesElectrical signals from neurons
alpha · theta · awareness · perception · memory · recall · repression · cognition
Device placed inside tissue
- induceCause or persuade
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
- directiveFormal command or instruction
- promptIncite to action
influence · persuade · manipulate · insinuate · nudge · trigger · cue · posthypnotic
Return to former state
- psychotherapyTreatment through guided conversation
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- phobiaPersistent irrational dread
trauma · smoking cessation · weight loss · pain management · relaxation · therapeutic · healing · recovery
induction
Formal admission process
- deepeningBecoming more profound
- altered stateModified consciousness experience
- suggestibilityReadiness to accept influence
relaxation · focus · dissociation · somnambulism · susceptibility · awakening · depth · light · medium · deep
spellbind
Captivate completely, immovably
- captivateHold attention irresistibly
- entrancePoint of access
- transfixImmobilize through shock or piercing
bewitch · enchant · fascinate · enthrall · rivet · engross · grip · absorb · allure · charm
illusionist
Performer of visual deception
- magicianPerformer of illusions
- showmanDramatic, attention-grabbing performer
- performanceCarrying out a task
audience · entertainment · spectacle · act · cabaret · vaudeville · theater · conjurer · mentalist · volunteer
subconscious
Below conscious awareness
- unconsciousNot awake or aware
- consciousMentally present and alert
- suggestibleEasily influenced by others
brainwaves · alpha · theta · awareness · perception · memory · recall · repression · cognition · psyche
implant
Device placed inside tissue
prompt · influence · persuade · manipulate · insinuate · nudge · trigger · cue · posthypnotic · susceptibility
regression
Return to former state
- psychotherapyTreatment through guided conversation
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
phobia · trauma · smoking cessation · weight loss · pain management · relaxation · therapeutic · healing · recovery · clinical
- smooth talkerssmooth talker, smooth-talker, sweet talker, sweet-talker, fast talker
- Captivating Peoplecharmer, enchanter, enchantress, seductress, siren
- Mentalistsmentalist, mind reader, thought reader, psychic, clairvoyant
- entertainerssingers, actor, dancers, actress, musicians
- performersactor, dancer, actress, singer, musician
- variety actsacrobat, juggling, aerialist, magic, clown
hypnotistawakener
One who stirs another
rouser · stimulant · alarm · reveille · deprogrammer
hypnotistawakener
One who stirs another
deprogrammer · skeptic · rationalist · critical thinker · disenchanter
- hypnotic tranceInduced suggestible consciousness
- hypnotic suggestionCommand given under trance
- stage hypnotistEntertainer suggesting acts onstage
- hypnotic state
- post-hypnotic suggestionCommand implanted during trance
- hypnotic regressionAccessing memories through trance
hypnotic, hypnotize, hypnotized, hypnotism, hypnotizing, hypnotizes, hypnotists, hypnotizable