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Astronism
Oneirism
Published: 1st September 2021
Citation: Astronist Institution. (2021). Oneirism. Available: https://www.astronism.com/astronary/astroeschatology/oneirism. Last accessed [enter date e.g. 1st Sept 2021].
ə(ʊ)ˈnʌɪrɪz(ə)m
noun Astroeschatology
one’s experience of a cosmic dream, especially to denote a belief now held as a result of such an experience.
DERIVATIVES AND ALTERNATIVE PHRASES
Oneirist | ə(ʊ)ˈ nʌɪrɪst | adjective & noun
Oneiristic | ə(ʊ)ˈ nʌɪrɪstɪk | adjective
Oneiristical | ə(ʊ)ˈ nʌɪrɪstɪk(ə)l | adjective
Oneiristically | ə(ʊ)ˈ nʌɪrɪstɪk(ə)li | adverb
ORIGINS AND ETYMOLOGY
Astro-English: from Astronese, the word oneirism makes use of the prefix oneiro- which denotes “the phenomena of dreams or dreaming”; conjoining this with the suffix -ism comes to mean a formalised belief that involves experience or phenomena of dreaming.
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