Dormiphonics

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    A technique for learning by listening to recordings of spoken material, while asleep or awake. historical, uncountable

    "If we could acquire language through hypnotic suggestion or through dormiphonics such expectations would be legitimate. But language is a matter of growth, and growth is a function of time, nature, and nurture."

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"If we could acquire language through hypnotic suggestion or through dormiphonics such expectations would be legitimate. But language is a matter of growth, and growth is a function of time, nature, and nurture."

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