hypnotizer
Puts people under
A hypnotizer is someone who hypnotizes—who induces a trance state in another person through suggestion, focused attention, or repetitive stimuli.
The term is interchangeable with hypnotist, though hypnotist is more common in professional contexts: The stage hypnotizer had volunteers clucking like chickens.
Directing another's thoughts
- brainwashingCoercive psychological manipulation
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
- dominationSupreme authority held
- subjugationForcing into submission
influence · power · suggestion · compliance · obedience · programming · conditioning · exploitation
Dramatic, attention-grabbing performer
- entertainerOne who amuses others
- magicianPerformer of illusions
- illusionistPerformer of visual deception
- mentalistSupposed thought reader
audience · spectacle · cabaret · vaudeville · variety show · circus · act · volunteer
Formal admission process
- trance stateAltered awareness condition
- deep relaxationThorough mental and bodily ease
- focusConcentrated attention point
- absorptionProcess of taking in
suggestibility · consciousness · subconscious · receptivity · susceptibility · dissociation · somnambulism · depth
Completely capturing one's attention
- captivatingDeeply holding one's attention
- enchantingDelightfully attractive, spellbinding
- spellbindingCompletely capturing one's attention
- fascinatingExtremely interesting or captivating
charismatic · magnetic · bewitching · entrancing · seductive · engrossing · riveting · compelling
Treatment through guided conversation
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- treatmentCare for an ailment
- relaxationState of being unwound
- regressionReturn to former state
trauma · recovery · behavior modification · smoking cessation · weight loss · phobia · clinical · therapeutic
mind control
Directing another's thoughts
- brainwashingCoercive psychological manipulation
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
- dominationSupreme authority held
subjugation · influence · power · suggestion · compliance · obedience · programming · conditioning · exploitation · control
showman
Dramatic, attention-grabbing performer
- entertainerOne who amuses others
- magicianPerformer of illusions
- illusionistPerformer of visual deception
mentalist · audience · spectacle · cabaret · vaudeville · variety show · circus · act · volunteer · suggestion
induction
Formal admission process
- trance stateAltered awareness condition
- deep relaxationThorough mental and bodily ease
- focusConcentrated attention point
absorption · suggestibility · consciousness · subconscious · receptivity · susceptibility · dissociation · somnambulism · depth · awakening
mesmerizing
Completely capturing one's attention
- captivatingDeeply holding one's attention
- enchantingDelightfully attractive, spellbinding
- spellbindingCompletely capturing one's attention
fascinating · charismatic · magnetic · bewitching · entrancing · seductive · engrossing · riveting · compelling · transfixing
psychotherapy
Treatment through guided conversation
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- treatmentCare for an ailment
- relaxationState of being unwound
regression · trauma · recovery · behavior modification · smoking cessation · weight loss · phobia · clinical · therapeutic · session
hypnotizerawakener
One who stirs another
deprogrammer · skeptic · rouser · debunker · critical thinker
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