Word Meanings - AUTOHYPNOTISM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Hypnotism of one's self by concentration of the attention on some object or idea.

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• OBJECTIVENESS
  Objectivity. Is there such a motion or objectiveness of external bodies, which produceth light Sir M. Hale
• OBJECTIST
  One who adheres to, or is skilled in, the objective philosophy. Ed. Rev.
• OBJECT
  before, to oppose; ob + jacere to throw: cf. objecter. See 1. To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose. Of less account some knight thereto object, Whose loss so great and harmful can not prove. Fairfax. Some strong
• OBJECTIVATE
  To objectify.
• CONCENTRATION
  The act or process of removing the dress of ore and of reducing the valuable part to smaller compass, as by currents of air or water. (more info) 1. The act or process of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being
• OBJECTLESS
  Having no object; purposeless.
• OBJECTIVITY
  The state, quality, or relation of being objective; character of the object or of the objective. The calm, the cheerfulness, the disinterested objectivity have disappeared . M. Arnold.
• OBJECTIZE
  To make an object of; to regard as an object; to place in the position of an object. In the latter, as objectized by the former, arise the emotions and affections. Coleridge.
• HYPNOTISM
  A form of sleep or somnambulism brought on by artificial means, in which there is an unusual suspension of some powers, and an unusual activity of others. It is induced by an action upon the nerves, through the medium of the senses, as in persons
• OBJECTION
  1. The act of objecting; as, to prevent agreement, or action, by objection. Johnson. 2. That which is, or may be, presented in opposition; an adverse reason or argument; a reason for objecting; obstacle; impediment; as, I have no objection
• OBJECTIVATION
  Converting into an object.
• OBJECTIFY
  To cause to become an object; to cause to assume the character of an object; to render objective. J. D. Morell.
• OBJECTOR
  One who objects; one who offers objections to a proposition or measure.
• OBJECTABLE
  Such as can be presented in opposition; that may be put forward as an objection.
• OBJECTIONABLE
  Liable to objection; likely to be objected to or disapproved of; offensive; as, objectionable words. -- Ob*jec"tion*a*bly, adv.
• OBJECTIVELY
  In the manner or state of an object; as, a determinate idea objectively in the mind.
• ATTENTION
  1. The act or state of attending or heeding; the application of the mind to any object of sense, representation, or thought; notice; exclusive or special consideration; earnest consideration, thought, or regard; obedient or affectionate heed; the
• OBJECTIVE
  Of or pertaining to an object; contained in, or having the nature or position of, an object; outward; external; extrinsic; -- an epithet applied to whatever ir exterior to the mind, or which is simply an object of thought or feeling, and opposed
• NONATTENTION
  Inattention.
• AUTOHYPNOTISM
  Hypnotism of one's self by concentration of the attention on some object or idea.
• RECONCENTRATION
  The act of reconcentrating or the state of being reconcentrated; esp., the act or policy of concentrating the rural population in or about towns and villages for convenience in political or military administration, as in Cuba during the revolution
• INATTENTION
  Want of attention, or failure to pay attention; disregard; heedlessness; neglect. Novel lays attract our ravished ears; But old, the mind inattention hears. Pope. Syn. -- Inadvertence; heedlessness; negligence; carelessness; disregard; remissness;
• DECONCENTRATION
  Act of deconcentrating.