hypnopedia

[ hip-nuh-pee-dee-uh ]

noun

1. sleep learning.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hypnopedia¹

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

Emotion and memory being moulded into something else by hypnopedia.

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