different between hypnotic vs brainwash

English

Alternative forms

• hypnotick (obsolete)

Etymology

From French hypnotique (“inclined to sleep, soporific”), from Late Latin hypnoticus, from Ancient Greek ????????? (hupn?tikós, “inclined to sleep, putting to sleep, sleepy”), from ???? (hupnô, “I put to sleep”), from ????? (húpnos, “sleep”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h?p?n?t?k/
• Rhymes: -?t?k

Adjective

hypnotic (comparative more hypnotic, superlative most hypnotic)

1. Of, or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism.
2. (pharmacology) Inducing sleep; soporific.

Synonyms

• captivating
• mesmeric

Derived terms

• hypnotically

Related terms

• hypnotize
• hypnotism
• hypnotist
• hypnosis

Translations

Noun

hypnotic (plural hypnotics)

1. A person who is, or can be, hypnotized.
2. (pharmacology) A soporific substance.

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Further reading

• hypnotic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• hypnotic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Pythonic, Typhonic, phytonic, pythonic, typhonic

English

Etymology

brain +? wash, calque of Chinese ????? (x?n?o), literally "to wash the brain". Usage via U.S. military during Korean War.

Pronunciation

• enPR: br?n'w?sh, IPA^(key): /?b?e?nw??/

Noun

brainwash (uncountable)

1. A distorting effect upon one's memory, belief, or ideas, as by propaganda.

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Verb

brainwash (third-person singular simple present brainwashes, present participle brainwashing, simple past and past participle brainwashed)

1. To affect one's mind by using extreme mental pressure or any other mind-affecting process. (e.g. hypnosis)
2. (figuratively, dated) To take from an electronically controlled machine its stored-up information; to erase a computer's programming. (1960)

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