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Definition of: hypnopaedia
(hip′nə·pē′dē·ə) noun
Training and instruction during sleep: a word used by Aldous Huxley in his novel Brave New World (1932), now applied to a technique in actual use. [<HYPNO- + Gk. paideia education]
—hyp′no·pae′dic (-pē′dik) adjective
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