hypnagogic
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- adjective
- /hɪpˈnæɡədʒɪk/
- Specialized
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hipnagógico
- So does the trope of the re-circulation of the Passaic River around the city and the images of "Paterson" as a mythic and hypnagogic figure in the landscape.
- hypnagogic hallucinations
- hypnagogic state
Examples
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During the hypnagogic phase, many people encounter strange sounds and sights that blur the line between dreams and reality.
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Have you ever had hypnagogic imagery in or vivid dreaming where you actually don't know for sure that you're dreaming?
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But you mentioned something else and they are called hypnagogic jerks.
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Then, too tired for remorse, he fell asleep with a hypnagogic little kick.
Fiction book (1995) -
The phenomena "hypnagogic state" and "meditative state of calm" would need to be subject to a phenomenological investigation in order to reveal their structure and to answer such a question as:
Academic text (1992) -
My father has night terrors, I have hypnagogic hallucinations/sleep paralysis, and according to my mother, I thrash around a lot in my sleep too.
Blog text (30) -
Throughout this theoretical landmark, Lippmann likens dreaming to a rigid ideology promoting hypnagogic anti-intellectualism in the service of a "Fear Economy," unregulated capital that forecloses individual American agency and judgment.
Academic text (2014) -
As I drifted off to sleep, I experienced vivid hypnagogic imagery of swirling colors and shapes.
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He felt a sense of calm as he entered the hypnagogic state, his mind filled with surreal visions.
Synonyms
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8.6
Making you feel sleepy
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4.6
Feeling sleepy or making you want to sleep
A drowsy state that happens just before falling asleep
Causes someone to sleep or feel very sleepy
Making someone feel very sleepy
Making someone feel sleepy or fall asleep
Making someone feel sleepy
Calm and quiet in a way that makes you feel sleepy
A calm, quiet mood that makes you feel sleepy
Having a sleepy, calm feeling that makes you relax
How Sleepy
Surface Forms
Morphology
hypnagogic = hypno + agog + ic
Formed from Greek combining elements hypno- ('sleep') + -agog- ('leading to') with the adjectival suffix -ic; these combining forms are not productive standalone English morphemes, so the meaning is not recoverable by an average B1 learner from familiar English bases.
Etymology
The word hypnagogic comes from Greek parts hypno- meaning 'sleep', as in hypnosis, and -agogic meaning 'leading', so it literally means 'leading into sleep' and describes the short state just before you fall asleep.