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hypnopaedia

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Teaching (or learning) by subconscious means.

uncountable

Examples

“'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…'”
“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.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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