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highway hypnosis

highway hypnosis noun: an automatic mental state in which a person continues to drive a vehicle safely and correctly but without the recollection of having done so.

Noun

highway hypnosis (uncountable)

  1. An automatic mental state in which a person continues to drive a vehicle safely and correctly but without the recollection of having done so.

Synonyms of highway hypnosis

Origin of highway hypnosis

Coined by G. W. Williams in 1963

Questions about highway hypnosis

What does highway hypnosis mean?
Highway hypnosis means an automatic mental state in which a person continues to drive a vehicle safely and correctly but without the recollection of having done so.
What part of speech is highway hypnosis?
Highway hypnosis is a noun.

Words near highway hypnosis in the dictionary

  1. highwaters
  2. highway
  3. Highway Code
  4. highway engineer
  5. highway engineers
  6. highway hypnosis
  7. highway oases
  8. highway oasis
  9. highway patrol
  10. highway patrols
  11. highway robberies

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