Dreams Definition, Prefix, Suffix, Ologies and Isms, Dreams Information and Meaning
See also SLEEP.
- autism
- 1. a tendency to daydream.
- 2. Psychiatry. an extreme withdrawal into fantasy in thought or behavior, not correctible by external information. —autistic, adj.
- oneirocriticism
- the interpretation of dreams. —oneirocritic, n. —oneirocritical, adj.
- oneirodynia
- Medicine. a disturbed sleep, involving nightmare and sometimes sleepwalking.
- oneirology
- the science and interpretation of dreams. Also oneiroscopy.
- oneiromancy
- a form of divination involving dreams. —oneiromancer, n.
- phantasmagoria
- a type of magic-lantern show in which rapidly moving images blend, change size, etc.; hence, any series of images that move and change rapidly, as a dream. —phantasmagorial, phantasmagoric, adj.
- pnigalion
- a nightmare.
- reverist
- a person much inclined to dream, especially to day-dream; a dreamy person.