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hypnophobic

hypnophobic adjective: exhibiting or relating to hypnophobia.

Adjective

hypnophobic (comparative more hypnophobic, superlative most hypnophobic)

  1. Exhibiting or relating to hypnophobia.
    • […] dreamlike waking experiences, and other hypnogenic and hypnophobic hallucinations which occur during the process of falling asleep and waking up.1971, Uroš Jovan Jovanović, Normal sleep in man, page 98
    • 'I can't help it if she's hypnophobic. She's afraid to go to sleep in case she misses something.'2012, Cathy Woodman, Family Matters

Forms of hypnophobic

comparativemore hypnophobic
superlativemost hypnophobic

Origin of hypnophobic

From hypno- + -phobic.

Questions about hypnophobic

What does hypnophobic mean?
Hypnophobic means exhibiting or relating to hypnophobia.
What part of speech is hypnophobic?
Hypnophobic is an adjective.

Words near hypnophobic in the dictionary

  1. hypnopaedia
  2. hypnopaedic
  3. hypnopedia
  4. hypnopedic
  5. hypnophobia
  6. hypnophobic
  7. hypnopompic
  8. hypnopompically
  9. hypnopædia
  10. hypnopædic
  11. hypnorape

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