oneirocritical

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adjective

Of or relating to the interpretation of dreams.

“oneirocritical literature”

OriginAncient Greek ὀνειροκριτικός →
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Meanings

adjectiveoneirocritical (comparative more oneirocritical, superlative most oneirocritical)

comparative more oneirocritical · superlative most oneirocritical · alternative oneirocritic

  1. Of or relating to the interpretation of dreams.

    oneirocritical literature

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    he may employ himself a while in that new kind of observation which my oneirocritical correspondent has directed him to make of himself.

    1714 October 2 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison], “TUESDAY, September 22, 1714”, in The Spectator, number 597; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume VI, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
oneirocritic

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekὀνειροκριτικός
  2. Englishoneirocritical

Ancient Greek ὀνειροκριτικός (oneirokritikós) (from ὄνειρος (óneiros, “dream”) + κριτικός (kritikós, “able to discern”)) + -al.

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