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parahypnosis en · NOUN

Etymology

From para- + hypnosis.

Meanings

  1. (dated, uncountable) Any of various forms of disordered sleep.
    • For example, we know that TV has the effect on us of triggering (among many other processes) an alpha-response, a brainwave summation that, in its relaxation, often leads into parahypnosis. 1988, Semiotic Society of America, Semiotics, page 317: