lucid dreaming en · NOUN
Etymology
Coined by psychiatrist Frederik Willem van Eeden in his paper A Study of Dreams (1913). It is possible that he coined this as a calque of "rêve lucide", which appears in Les Rêves et les Moyens de les Diriger; Observations Pratiques (1867) by Marquis d'Hervey de Saint-Denys.
Meanings
- (uncountable) A form of dreaming in which the conscious mind takes control over the contents of the dream.
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Translations (6)
de Klarträumen (lucid dreaming) · lt sąmoningas sapnavimas (lucid dreaming) · el ονειροναυτική (lucid dreaming) · he חלימה מודעת (lucid dreaming) · ru осо́знанные сновиде́ния (lucid dreaming) · fi selkouni (lucid dreaming)