hypnagogic

see definition of hypnagogic

as indreamlike

as insleep-inducing

Synonyms for hypnagogic

adj resembling a dream

Antonyms for hypnagogic

real

sleep-inducing

adjective. putting to sleep

Word Origin & History

1868, from French hypnagogique, from Greek hypnos "sleep" (see somnolence) + agogos "leading" (see act). Etymologically, "inducing sleep," but used mostly with a sense "pertaining to the state of consciousness when falling asleep."

Example Sentences for hypnagogic

The first is hypnagogic hallucination, the second coloured audition.

On the contrary, hypnagogic illusion is, with me, a decided phenomenon.

And there are crystal-seers who are not subject to hypnagogic illusions.

These ‘hypnagogic illusions’ Pontus de Tyard described in a pretty sonnet, more than three hundred years ago.

For bad visualisers, on the other hand, the vividness of these hypnagogic pictures may be absolutely a revelation.

In these respects, and in the awakeness of the scryer, crystal pictures differ from hypnagogic illusions.

The experience of hypnagogic illusions also seems far more rare than ordinary dreaming in sleep.

hypnagogic

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Antonyms for hypnagogic

More words related to hypnagogic

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sleep-inducing

Synonyms for hypnagogic

dreamlike