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hypnagogic

[hip-nuh-goj-ik, -goh-jik] / ˌhɪp nəˈgɒdʒ ɪk, -ˈgoʊ dʒɪk /
ADJECTIVE
dreamlike
Synonyms
STRONGEST
Antonyms
WEAK




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My main experience of it really was in the hypnagogic hallucinations.

From Salon Feb. 6, 2024

Released in 2009, his hypnagogic pop opus “Psychic Chasms” brought splashes of technicolor to the lo-fi psychedelia of chillwave: an electronic micro-genre he pioneered along with American indie acts Washed Out and Toro y Moi.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 26, 2023

“This study gives us simultaneous insight into consciousness and creativity,” says Adam Haar Horowitz of MIT’s Media Lab, who has devised technology to interact with hypnagogic states, but did not collaborate with Oudiette’s team.

From Scientific American Dec. 9, 2021

The programme, which attempts to explain the unexplained, considered several plausible theories for Ken's recollections, such as sleep paralysis or waking dreams known as hypnagogic hallucinations.

From BBC Nov. 21, 2021

Its chest rose conspicuously and fell, as if the owl, in its hypnagogic state, had sighed.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick




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