(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
dreamtime in American English
(ˈdrimˌtaim)
noun
the ancient time of the creation of all things by sacred ancestors, whose spirits continue into the present, as conceived in the mythology of the Australian Aborigines
Also called: alcheringa, the dreaming
Word origin
[1905–10; dream + time]This word is first recorded in the period 1905–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Expressionism, cadre, jazz, overcall, persona