parahypnosis
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Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -əʊsɪs
Noun edit
parahypnosis (uncountable)
- (chiefly dated) Any of various forms of disordered sleep.
- 1988, Semiotic Society of America, Semiotics, page 317:
- 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.