hypnagogic

[ hip-nuh-goj-ik, -goh-jik ]

adjective

1. of or relating to drowsiness.
2. inducing drowsiness.

hypnagogic

/ ˌhɪpnəˈɡɒdʒɪk /

adjective

1. psychol of or relating to the state just before one is fully asleep See also hypnagogic image hypnopompic

Word History and Origins

Origin of hypnagogic¹

First recorded in 1885–90; from French hypnagogique; hypn-, -agogue, -ic. See Hypnos

Word History and Origins

Origin of hypnagogic¹

C19: from French hypnagogique; see hypno-, -agogic

Example Sentences

This stage, dubbed “hypnagogic,” is what intrigued Oudiette.

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Nighttime “visitations” may be chalked up to sleep deprivation, to hypnagogic or hypnopompic hallucinations.

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On the contrary, hypnagogic illusion is, with me, a decided phenomenon.

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The first is hypnagogic hallucination, the second coloured audition.

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In half-waking states these manifestations are relatively frequent in the so-called hypnagogic hallucinations.

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These ‘hypnagogic illusions’ Pontus de Tyard described in a pretty sonnet, more than three hundred years ago.

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The experience of hypnagogic illusions also seems far more rare than ordinary dreaming in sleep.

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