oneiric

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oneiric

/oʊˈnaɪ.ɹɪk/ US
/əʊˈnaɪ.ɹɪk/ UK

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From oneir- + -ic, ultimately from Ancient Greek ὀνείρειος (oneíreios).

adjective more oneiric · most oneiric · oniric

Of or pertaining to dreams. Dreams contain oneiric images and oneiric symbols. Both of them are, in fact, 'distorted' manifestations of a latent content which resides in the dreamer's unconscious.
Resembling a dream; dreamlike. Rather, novelist Louise de Vilmorin, whose popular novel Madame de had been recently filmed by Max Ophuls, joined Malle in reworking Denon's novella and updating it into a combination of a modern comedy of manners and a daring, even oneiric love story that played with and defied many conventions of
Similar: dreamish, dreamy, dreamlike

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adj of or pertaining to dreams

Español	onírico
日本語	夢の
中文	夢中的 /梦中的 mèngzhōng de, 夢的 /梦的, 梦的 mèng de, 睡眠的 shuìmián de
Português	sonial
Français	onirique
Deutsch	verträumt
Italiano	onirico
Ελληνικά	ονειρικός oneirikós
Română	oniric
Русский	онири́ческий oniríčeskij, со́нный sónnyj
العربية	حلم

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@misc{oneiric_2026,
  title = {oneiric},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/oneiric},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}