oneironaut

English

WOTD – 8 June 2012

Etymology

From oneiro- +‎ -naut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əʊˈnaɪɹənɔːt/, /əˈnaɪɹənɔːt/

Noun

oneironaut (plural oneironauts)

1. A person who explores dream worlds, usually associated with lucid dreaming.
   • 2007, Mel Waldman, “Casablanca”, in This Is Not A Murder Mystery, ISBN 978-1-934209-75-2, page 47:

     Without special training, he was a natural “oneironaut” or “dream navigator.” From early childhood, he could control his dreams. He used to “wake up” within a dream. Fully lucid, he was aware he was dreaming.

Related terms

• oneironautics

Translations

explorer of dream worlds

• Finnish: unimatkailija

See also

• lucid dreaming
• Oneironautics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Oneironautics