Oneiric

//oʊˈnaɪ.ɹɪk// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to dreams.

    "Dreams contain oneiric images and oneiric symbols. Both of them are, in fact, 'distorted' manifestations of a latent content which resides in the dreamer's unconscious."

  2. 2
    Resembling a dream; dreamlike.

    "Rather, novelist Louise de Vilmorin, whose popular novel Madame de had been recently filmed by Max Ophuls, joined Malle in reworking Denon's novella and updating it into a combination of a modern comedy of manners and a daring, even oneiric love story that played with and defied many conventions of the romance genre."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to or suggestive of dreams wordnet

Synonyms

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dreamdreamishdreamishdreamlikedreamlikedreamy

Example

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"I learned the word "oneiric" a few days ago."

Etymology

From oneir- + -ic, ultimately from Ancient Greek ὀνείρειος (oneíreios).

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