hypnotized
past simple and past participle ofhypnotize
hypnotize
verb
(UKusuallyhypnotise)uk/ˈhɪp.nə.taɪz/us/ˈhɪp.nə.taɪz/to put someone in astateofhypnosis:
Sheagreedto be hypnotized totrytorememberwhat hadhappened.
[Tusually passive]
tokeepyourattentionsostronglythat youfeelunabletomoveorlookaway:
I was hypnotized by hissteelygreyeyes.
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Examplesofhypnotized
hypnotized
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In my experience,hypnotizedsubjects do not experience a "transfer of control to someone else" (p. 271) - namely, the hypnotist.
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She had suffered the total paralysis of her legs untilhypnotized, when she walked again.
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Participants in hypnosis studies generally wish to behypnotizedand therefore consent to fill the hypnotic role and follow suggestions.
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Consider the case of a person who has beenhypnotizedto believe in a negative illusion.
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Following a standardized hypnotic induction, thehypnotizedindividual is given suggestions pertaining to the list below.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These individuals are then administered a suggestion to be amnesic for everything that occurred during the period of which they arehypnotized.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.We were neverhypnotizedto tell our stories.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The plot concerns an insurance investigator and an efficiency expert who are bothhypnotizedby a crooked hypnotist into stealing jewels.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.After failing a polygraph exam, officers decided to have himhypnotized.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Hypnotic age regression occurs when a person ishypnotizedand is instructed to recall a past event or regress to an earlier age.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He discovered that subjects could not behypnotizedagainst their will and, more importantly, that the effects of hypnosis waned when the subjects regained consciousness.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Right after the subjects had beenhypnotized, a confederate began acting either in a euphoric or angry condition.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The citizens becomehypnotizedand subsequently fall asleep.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He later (accidentally) tells the whole mall, due to the fact that he washypnotized.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The aliens had blanked his memory andhypnotizedhim into getting the data for them.
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