oneirocriticismn.
/ə(ʊ)ˌnʌɪrəˈkrɪtᵻsɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /oʊˌnaɪroʊˈkrɪdəˌsɪz(ə)m/ The art or practice of interpreting dreams.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > dream > [noun] > study or interpretation of
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oneiromancy1650
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oneirology1818
dream interpretation1846
oneiroscopy1887
oneirocrisy1976
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > interpretation of dreams > [noun]
songuary1383
conjecturec1384
sompnary?a1450
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oneiromancy1650
oneirocracy1653
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oneirology1818
reading1865
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1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor i. iii. 63 In Oneirocriticisme, dreams of superior Deities were referd to such as had rule and command.
a1682 Sir T. Browne Let. to Friend (1690) 7 To dream that we are dead, was no condemnable Fantasm in old Oneirocriticism, as having a signification of Liberty, vacuity from Cares, exemption and freedom from Troubles, unknown unto the dead.
1828 G. S. Faber Sacred Cal. Prophecy I. i. i. 8 The whole system of pagan onirocriticism.
1865 Sat. Rev. 11 Nov. 616 The science of Oneiro-criticism..appears to have always been no less vague in its principles than anomalous in its results.
1970 Current Anthropol. 11 200/1 Oneirocriticism in eleventh century central Asia.
1991 Midnight Zoo 1 v. 18/2 I study art, astrology,..metaphysics, mythology both Western and Eastern, oneirocriticism,..not [to] mention the current news.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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