dreamlessness

Slumber without visions

Dreamlessness is the state of sleeping without dreams, or at least without remembering any.

The word often appears in contexts of exhaustion or peace: He fell into a dreamlessness so complete that morning came as a surprise.

It can suggest either blessed relief or unsettling blankness, depending on context.

existential

emptiness

Absence of substance

blankness · nihilism · vacuity · inner silence · ego death · dissolution · formlessness · desirelessness · detachment · nirvana

peaceful

tranquility

Undisturbed peacefulness

stillness · repose · quietude · undisturbed · deep sleep · untroubled · placidity · ease · soothing · meditative

unconscious

blackout

Complete power loss

  • amnesiaPathological loss of recall
  • stuporSuspended sensibility
  • comaUnwakeable unconsciousness

anesthesia · sedation · oblivion · unawareness · blankness · void · senselessness · unresponsiveness · memory gap

deprivation

insomnia

Persistent inability to rest

fatigue · weariness · sleep debt · antidepressants

Opposites
dream presence during sleep

dreamlessnessdreaming

Mental imagery during slumber

REM sleep · dream state · lucid dreaming · nightmares · night visions

imaginative or visionary capacity

dreamlessnessimagination

Faculty for forming ideas

reverie · fantasy · visionary experience · daydreaming · creative imagination

imagination and aspiration

dreamlessnessvisionary thinking

Imaginative contemplation of possibilities

hopefulness · imagination · aspiration · reverie · fantasizing

Family

dream, dreamy, dreaming, dreamer, daydream, dreams, daydreaming, dreamlike, daydreams

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