oneirism

English

Etymology

From oneir- + -ism.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ə(ʊ)ˈnʌɪɹɪzəm/

Noun

oneirism (plural oneirisms)

1. (rare) Dream-like experiences or qualities; dreaminess.
   • 1990, Paul Ricoeur, Time and Narrative, vol. 2, p. 138:

     With an almost imperceptible touch, the narrator connects up this oneirism of names with the premonitory signs of the vocation that Remebrance is said to recount.

2. (psychiatry) A state of abnormal consciousness in which dream-like experiences and hallucinations happen while awake.
   • 1976, Neuropsychiatry and the War, p. 108:

     Following great explosions two forms of mental trouble have been found so frequently that other manifestations have become almost exceptional. These are mental confusion and delirious oneirism.

Translations

dream-like experiences or qualities

state of abnormal consciousness