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); see pedo- ¹ ( def. ), -ia ( def. ). See Hypnos ( def. )

Example Sentences

Emotion and memory being moulded into something else by hypnopedia.

From Turning Point by Coppel, Alfred