1
: a sleep-inducing agent : soporific
2
: one that is or can be hypnotized
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Adjective
The psychologist put her into a hypnotic state.
Riding in a car often has a hypnotic effect on babies.
the steady, hypnotic rhythm of the train
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Scott Kramer, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
The self gets effaced and re-created in so many cross hatches, small threads, and hypnotic patterns.
—Carlos Valladares, ARTnews.com, 28 Oct. 2024
Mark Gurarie, Verywell Health, 16 Aug. 2024
One study looked at people taking hypnotics or anxiolytics—anti-anxiety medications— consistently for three years.
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Adjective
And it’s been satisfyingly fun and hypnotic to use in my experience.
—Scott Kramer, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
The self gets effaced and re-created in so many cross hatches, small threads, and hypnotic patterns.
—Carlos Valladares, ARTnews.com, 28 Oct. 2024
Noun
Certain classes of drugs, including certain antipsychotics, hypnotics, antidepressants, and anticholinergic medications, can trigger sundowning.
—Mark Gurarie, Verywell Health, 16 Aug. 2024
One study looked at people taking hypnotics or anxiolytics—anti-anxiety medications— consistently for three years.
—Sayaka Blickenderfer, Health, 16 Mar. 2024
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“Hypnotic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hypnotic. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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hypnotic
1 of 2 adjective
hyp·not·ic
hip-ˈnät-ik 
1
: tending to cause sleep
2
: of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism
hypnotic
2 of 2 noun
: an agent (as a drug) that causes or tends to cause sleep
Medical Definition
hypnotic
1 of 2 adjective
hyp·not·ic
hip-ˈnät-ik
hypnotic
2 of 2 noun1
: a sleep-inducing agent : soporific
2
: one that is or can be hypnotized
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