English Explanatory Dictionary

hypnopaedia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Teaching (or learning) by subconscious means.

Word forms

hypnopaedia hypnopædia hypnopedia

Etymology

From hypno- (“sleep”) + Ancient Greek παιδεία (paideía, “education”), popularized in the novel Brave New World (1932).

Synonyms

sleep-learning sleep-teaching

Related words

hypnopaedic dormiphonics
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