hypnopompic

American

[hip-nuh-pom-pik] / ˌhɪp nəˈpɒm pɪk /

adjective

Psychology.

of or relating to the semiconscious state prior to complete wakefulness.

hypnopompic British

/ ˌhɪpnəʊˈpɒmpɪk /

adjective

psychol relating to the state existing between sleep and full waking, characterized by the persistence of dreamlike imagery See also hypnagogic

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Etymology

Origin of hypnopompic

1900–05; hypno- + Greek pomp ( ḗ ) sending away ( see pomp) + -ic

Example Sentences

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He could no be so stupido to use a word like hypnopompic twice :::: "Get away from my white linen suit," Tomtomtom Tomed.

From The Guardian • Nov. 11, 2012

To similar illusions accompanying the departure of sleep, as when a dream-figure persists for a few moments into waking life, I have given the name *hypnopompic.

From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by Myers, F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry)

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