oneirology

English

Etymology

oneiro- +‎ -logy, historically from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin oneirologia from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ὄνειρος (óneiros, “dream”)

Noun

oneirology (countable and uncountable, plural oneirologies)

1. The study of dreams and their interpretation.

Usage notes

Oneirology should not be confused with sleep research, which studies sleep as neurophysiological phenomenon. Oneirology is more concerned with dreams as personal experience and their interpretation.

Translations

the study of dreams

• Catalan: oneirologia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 夢學／梦学 (mèngxué), 梦学 (mèngxué)

• Czech: oneirologie f
• Dutch: oneirologie f
• Finnish: oneirologia
• French: onirologie (fr) f
• German: Oneirologie (de) f
• Greek: ονειρολογία (el) f (oneirología)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: oneirologia f
• Japanese: オニーロロジー (onīrorojī), 夢学 (むがく, mugaku)
• Latin: oneirologia f
• Norwegian: oneirologi
• Polish: oneirologia f
• Portuguese: onirologia f
• Russian: онейроло́гия f (onejrológija)
• Spanish: oneirologia f
• Swedish: oneirologi f