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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

Media Lab, who has devised technology to interact with hypnagogic states but did not collaborate with Oudiette’s team.

From Scientific American • Apr. 3, 2022

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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