parahypnosis
English
Etymology
para- + hypnosis
Noun
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.
- 1988, Semiotic Society of America, Semiotics (page 317)