oneiric
Of nocturnal visions
Oneiric means relating to dreams or dreaming.
The word is literary and formal, used to describe dreamlike qualities in art, film, or experience: The film had an oneiric atmosphere, with images dissolving into one another.
Her paintings capture something oneiric—familiar scenes made strange.
Abstracted, pleasant daydream
- lucidMentally sharp and comprehensible
- nightmaresTerrifying sleep experiences
- dreamerOne given to fantasies
- visionsImagined or prophetic sights
dreamscape · sleeper · REM · slumber · nocturnal · trance · hypnotic · visionary
Spanish surrealist painter
- MagritteBelgian surrealist painter
- KafkaesqueOppressively absurd and labyrinthine
- hallucinatorySeeming falsely perceived
- bizarreStrikingly unconventional
phantasmagoric · dreamscape · distorted · chimerical · disorienting · paradoxical · uncanny · metamorphosis
Faculty for forming ideas
- daydreamConscious fantasy while awake
- fantasticalExtravagantly unreal or imaginary
- illusionMisleading sensory impression
- phantasmagoriaShifting sequence of illusions
whimsy · enchantment · make-believe · reverie · escapism · chimera · mirage · figment
Seemingly not earthly
- intangibleNot physically present
- gossamerFilmy, delicate material
- insubstantialLacking physical or material substance
- spectralGhostlike or wavelength-related
phantasmal · nebulous · wispy · diaphanous · vaporous · wraithlike · floating · evanescent
Light after sunset
- drowsinessState of near-sleep
- driftingMoving without purpose
- half-asleepPartially conscious, drowsy
- liminalAt a threshold
threshold · somnolent · dozing · nodding · drowsy · soporific · borderland · in-between
Not awake or aware
- psycheTotal mental life
- FreudianOf unconscious-mind theory
- JungianOf analytical psychology
- repressedHeld back from expression
latent · archetype · psychoanalysis · shadow · anima · animus · ego · id
Ability to see
- prophecyForetelling of future events
- esotericAccessible to few
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
divination · seer · clairvoyance · augury · portent · omen · soothsaying · shamanic
reverie
Abstracted, pleasant daydream
- lucidMentally sharp and comprehensible
- nightmaresTerrifying sleep experiences
- dreamerOne given to fantasies
visions · dreamscape · sleeper · REM · slumber · nocturnal · trance · hypnotic · visionary · prophetic
Dalí
Spanish surrealist painter
- MagritteBelgian surrealist painter
- KafkaesqueOppressively absurd and labyrinthine
- hallucinatorySeeming falsely perceived
bizarre · phantasmagoric · dreamscape · distorted · chimerical · disorienting · paradoxical · uncanny · metamorphosis · illogical
imagination
Faculty for forming ideas
- daydreamConscious fantasy while awake
- fantasticalExtravagantly unreal or imaginary
- illusionMisleading sensory impression
phantasmagoria · whimsy · enchantment · make-believe · reverie · escapism · chimera · mirage · figment · fanciful
otherworldly
Seemingly not earthly
- intangibleNot physically present
- gossamerFilmy, delicate material
- insubstantialLacking physical or material substance
spectral · phantasmal · nebulous · wispy · diaphanous · vaporous · wraithlike · floating · evanescent · gauzy
twilight
Light after sunset
- drowsinessState of near-sleep
- driftingMoving without purpose
- half-asleepPartially conscious, drowsy
liminal · threshold · somnolent · dozing · nodding · drowsy · soporific · borderland · in-between · fugue
unconscious
Not awake or aware
repressed · latent · archetype · psychoanalysis · shadow · anima · animus · ego · id · superego
vision
Ability to see
- prophecyForetelling of future events
- esotericAccessible to few
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
oracle · divination · seer · clairvoyance · augury · portent · omen · soothsaying · shamanic · visitation
oneiricrealistic
True to life
naturalistic · documentary · literal · verisimilar · lifelike