Hypnology???

[Lynne Murphy]

Bob Haas wrote:

> So there I was, calmly attempting the NY Times crossword in the Rhino
> Times, living dangerously, doing the puzzle in ink, and I come across
> the term "hypnologist."  What the hey?  Does anyone know what this is?
> It's not in the American Heritage, and it's not to be found at Mirriam
> Websters online.  I must know!!!

But it is in Roget's Thesaurus, under "inactivity":

http://www.thesaurus.com/roget/V/683.html


And the school of Natural Health Sciences in London offers a diploma in
Hypnology, the study of hypnotism:

http://www.trinityuni.org/snhs/hypno.htm

The Roget's entry makes it seem like it's more the study of sleep (since
it's in the 'sleep' paragraph).

Lynne

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M. Lynne Murphy
Assistant Professor in Linguistics
Department of English
Baylor University
PO Box 97404
Waco, TX 76798