hypnopaedia

British

/ ˌhɪpnəʊˈpiːdɪə /

noun

the learning of lessons heard during sleep

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Etymology

Origin of hypnopaedia

C20: from _hypno- + Greek paideia education

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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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