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- adjective Of or
pertaining tohypnopaedia .
Etymologies
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hypnopaedia + -ic
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Examples
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He enthusiastically affirms a part of Aldous Huxley's vision of the world 500 years in the future in "Brave New World"—the hypnopaedic proverb that "Everyone belongs to everyone else."
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The overall logic of the system is that instilled by hypnopaedic suggestion in Brave New World: "Ending is better than mending."
Archive 2009-03-01 John M 2009
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"Everyone belongs to everyone else" is one of the mantras proclaimed in the hypnopaedic teaching in "Brave New World."
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