hypnagogia.

The transitional state between wakefulness and sleep, sometimes accompanied by vivid sensory impressions.

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Words that belong together

• during hypnagogia
• hypnagogic imagery

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During hypnagogia, the hallway seemed to stretch beyond the house.

She recognized the drifting shapes as images of hypnagogia.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.