Dreamtime
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9.0
- noun
- /ˈdriːmtaɪm/
- Literature
- But when Dee is wrecking up the Dreamtime (Fury), his dialogue contains multiple and repeated variants of the verb "to see/watch/show" ("Show yourself;
Examples
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As she listened to the gentle waves, she found herself drifting into a peaceful dreamtime filled with vibrant colors and soft whispers.
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Well, that's an expanded Dreamtime if you will.
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She'd raised Clay in a world in which dreamtime could hardly be distinguished from the waking state.
Fiction book (1995) -
In the twilight, crumpled on his father's shoulder, the baby seemed to slip into a kind of dreamtime.
Fiction book (1990) -
During his meditation, he often wandered into a dreamtime, where reality blended seamlessly with imagination.
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After a long day, she liked to escape into dreamtime, where she could explore fantastical landscapes unhindered by the constraints of reality.
Synonyms
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Thinking about things you want or imagine while you are awake
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A scene that feels like being in a dream
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6.3
A place in your mind where you imagine things
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An imagined perfect place that exists only in dreams
How Dreamlike
- Literature
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55
7.1
710
3.8
21
7.5
32
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584
2.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dreamtime comes from the words dream ('images or stories while sleeping') and time ('a period'), so imagine a special 'time' made of dreams. That's why Dreamtime is used for a peaceful, dream-like period or state where imagination and memory mix.