Hypnopaedia
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hypnopaedia is a noun meaning Teaching (or learning) by subconscious means.
Meaning
Teaching (or learning) by subconscious means.
Example Sentences
'In the end,' said Mustapha Mond, 'the Controllers realized that force was no good. The slower but infinitely surer methods of ectogenesis, Neo-Pavlovian conditioning and hypnopædia…'
Sometimes this Malay, a youngish man with a most charming smile, would be deferential to Crabbe, showing great anxiety to learn; at other times he would enter the office as though, in sleep, an angel had visited him, teaching him all in painless hypnopaedia.
Word Forms
- hypnopedia
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hypnogenesis, hypnoseduction, hypnogeny, hypno, hypnotism, autohypnotism.
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