hypnopaedia
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of hypnopaedia
C20: from hypno- + Greek paideia education
Example Sentences
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In Brave New World Huxley had his director of Hatcheries and Conditioning use a technique called hypnopaedia, by which subjects got moral training during sleep.
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