the use of hypnosis or hypnotic drugs in combination with psychoanalytic techniques
hypnoanalysis in American English
(ˌhɪpnouəˈnæləsɪs)
noun
a method of psychoanalysis in which a patient is put into hypnosis in an attempt to secure analytic data, free associations, and early emotional reactions
Derived forms
hypnoanalytic (ˌhɪpnouˌænlˈɪtɪk)
adjective
Word origin
[1915–20; hypno- + analysis]This word is first recorded in the period 1915–20. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: GI, decoder, feedback, stockpile, takeouthypno- is a combining form meaning “sleep,” “hypnosis,” used in the formation of compoundwords. Other words that use the affix hypno- include: hypnodrama, hypnograph, hypnology, hypnopedia, hypnopompic