hypnopaedia
hypnopaedia noun: teaching (or learning) by subconscious means.
Noun
hypnopaedia (uncountable)
- Teaching (or learning) by subconscious means.
- '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…'1932, Aldous Huxley, Brave New World, London: Chatto & Windus
- 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.1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 454
- Synonyms:
- sleep-learning, sleep-teaching
Synonyms of hypnopaedia
- sleep-learning
- sleep-teaching
Forms of hypnopaedia
| alternative US | hypnopedia |
|---|---|
| alternative form (rare) | hypnopædia |
Origin of hypnopaedia
From hypno- (“sleep”) + Ancient Greek παιδεία (paideía, “education”), popularized in the novel Brave New World (1932).
Questions about hypnopaedia
- What does hypnopaedia mean?
- Hypnopaedia means teaching (or learning) by subconscious means.
- What part of speech is hypnopaedia?
- Hypnopaedia is a noun.
Words near hypnopaedia in the dictionary
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