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hypnopedia
[ hip-nuh-pee-dee-uh ]
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hypnopedia1
1930–35; hypno- ( def ) + Greek paideía “child-rearing, education,” derivative of paîs, stem paid- “child” + -ía; first used and possibly coined by Aldous Huxley in his novel Brave New World (1932); pedo- 1( def ), -ia ( def ). See Hypnos ( def )
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Example Sentences
My professor, a fierce leftist, alert to the hypnopedia that Berlusconi was putting into practice, decided to abandon academic life and enter politics, as many other intellectuals did at that time.
From Salon
Researchers in the 1950s dismantled hypnopedia's more outlandish claims.
From Washington Post
Emotion and memory being moulded into something else by hypnopedia.
From Project Gutenberg
The idea that humans can learn while asleep, a concept sometimes called hypnopedia, has a long and odd history.
From Washington Post
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