oneirocriticism

[oh-nahy-ruh-krit-uh-siz-uhm]

noun

1. the art of interpreting dreams.

Word History and Origins

Origin of oneirocriticism¹

First recorded in 1605–15; oneirocritic + -ism

Example Sentences

Malone quotes this very memorandum, which he discovered in Oldys’s Langbaine, to show Dryden had some confidence in Oneirocriticism, and supposed that future events were sometimes prognosticated by dreams.

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Associated words: Morpheus, Morphean, oneiroscopy, oneiroscopist, oneirocritic, oneiromancy, oneirology, oneirocriticism, nightmare. dreamer, n. visionary, enthusiast, castle-builder, John-a-dreams. dreamy, a. visionary, unreal, illusory.

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Oneirocriticism, or the art of interpreting dreams, seems of all the modes of prediction the most inseparable from the nature of man.

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