dreamtime
REM sleep period
Dreamtime is a state of reverie or abstraction, when someone seems mentally elsewhere: She drifted into dreamtime during the meeting.
The word suggests a pleasantly unfocused mental state, neither fully asleep nor fully present. (Capitalized Dreamtime refers to Australian Aboriginal cosmology.)
reverie
Abstracted, pleasant daydream
- abstractionDistilling to essential qualities
- zoning outLosing conscious attention temporarily
- unfocusedWithout clear direction
- lost in thoughtDeeply mentally preoccupied
reverie
Abstracted, pleasant daydream
- abstractionDistilling to essential qualities
- zoning outLosing conscious attention temporarily
- unfocusedWithout clear direction
- Indigenous Lorecreation stories, origin myths, origin stories, tribal legends, tribal lore
- mythsmyth, legend, fable, fairy tale, folk tale
- oral traditionfolk narratives, campfire tales, epics, oral poetry, storytelling circles
- Outbackoutback, station, red sand, cattle station, dust storm
- Aboriginal Prehistorystone tools, boomerangs, didgeridoo, spears, rock shelters
- indigenous loanwordsmoccasin, tomahawk, totem, wigwam, kayak
consciousness state
dreamtimewakefulness
State of being conscious
alertness · lucidity · sobriety · waking life · consciousness