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dreamlessness

1 7.0

Not having images or stories in your mind while you sleep

noun
/ˈdrimləsnəs/

Specialized

: ausencia de sueños

Some people find dreamlessness refreshing, while others miss the stories their minds create.

Examples

The medication caused a period of dreamlessness that left her feeling oddly detached.
After several nights of dreamlessness, he wondered if something was wrong with his sleep.
His dreamlessness during the night was concerning.
She felt a sense of dreamlessness after a long week.
After weeks of restless nights, she finally experienced a long-awaited dreamlessness that brought her peace.
His recent episodes of dreamlessness made him question whether he was truly getting enough rest.
The constant dreamlessness after her stressful week left her feeling unusually refreshed upon waking.

Antonyms

dreaming

14 1.2

Seeing images or feelings in your mind while you sleep

Surface Forms

dreamlessness singular

dreamlessnesses plural

Morphology

dreamlessness = dreamless (transparent) = dream + less + ness

The noun is a straightforward nominalization of the adjective 'dreamless' meaning 'without dreams', which learners can derive from the components.

Etymology

The word dreamlessness is made from dream, -less ('without'), and -ness (a 'state'), but here dream means the pictures and stories you have while you sleep. So, dreamlessness means the state of not having dreams during sleep.