hypnopompic
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- adjective
- /ˌhɪp.nəˈpɑːm.pɪk/
- Specialized
- During the hypnopompic period, she often remembers fragments of her dreams.
- hypnopompic hallucinations
Examples
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I often experience hypnopompic hallucinations when I wake up.
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The hypnopompic state can be quite disorienting.
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Some people report hypnopompic hallucinations as they transition from sleep to wakefulness.
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The hypnopompic state can sometimes cause confusion or vivid dreams upon waking.
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After waking from a deep sleep, she experienced hypnopompic visions that blurred reality and dreams.
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His hypnopompic state made him see strange shapes as he slowly came back to consciousness.
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During her hypnopompic moments, she often heard echoing sounds that felt dreamlike.
How Awake
Surface Forms
Morphology
hypnopompic = hypno + pomp + ic
Formed from Greek combining forms 'hypno-' (sleep) + 'pomp-' (sending) + '-ic', but these are technical, non-standalone elements in English so the meaning is not derivable for an average B1 learner.
Etymology
Hypnopompic comes from old Greek parts hypno- meaning 'sleep' and -pompic from pompē meaning 'a sending away'. Think of it as being 'sent out' of sleep — the same hypno- you see in hypnosis — so hypnopompic describes the state of mind as you wake up.