dreamtime

[ dreem-tahym ]

noun
  1. (often initial capital letter) the ancient time of the creation of all things by sacred ancestors, whose spirits continue into the present, as conceived in Australian Aboriginal mythology.

Origin of dreamtime

1
First recorded in 1905–10; dream + time

Words Nearby dreamtime

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How to use dreamtime in a sentence

  • Living in a sort of dreamtime characterizes experience now, as the Moon is void-of-course a few times this week.

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  • The evidence of the Arunta legends as to the customs of the Alcheringa, or 'dreamtime,' is 'such stuff as dreams are made of.'

British Dictionary definitions for Dreamtime

Dreamtime

/ (ˈdriːmtaɪm) /


noun
  1. Also called: alchera (ˈæltʃərə), alcheringa (in the mythology of Australian Aboriginal peoples) a mythical Golden Age of the past

  2. Australian informal any remote period, out of touch with the actualities of the present

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