hypnopedia

American  

[hip-nuh-pee-dee-uh] / ˌhɪp nəˈpi di ə /

noun

1. sleep learning.

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Etymology

Origin of hypnopedia

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. )

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