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129. Dreams

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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.

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