oneirology

English

Etymology

From oneiro- +‎ -logy, historically from Latin oneirologia from Ancient Greek ὄνειρος (óneiros, “dream”).

Noun

oneirology (countable and uncountable, plural oneirologies)

1. The study of dreams and their interpretation.

Usage notes

Oneirology should not be confused with sleep research, which studies sleep as neurophysiological phenomenon. Oneirology is more concerned with dreams as personal experience and their interpretation.

Translations

the study of dreams

• Catalan: oneirologia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 夢學／梦学 (mèngxué)

• Czech: oneirologie f
• Dutch: oneirologie (nl) f
• Finnish: oneirologia
• French: onirologie (fr) f
• German: Oneirologie (de) f
• Greek: ονειρολογία (el) f (oneirología)
• Italian: oneirologia f
• Japanese: オニーロロジー (onīrorojī), 夢学 (むがく, mugaku)
• Latin: oneirologia f
• Norwegian: oneirologi
• Polish: oneirologia f
• Portuguese: onirologia f
• Russian: онейроло́гия f (onejrológija)
• Spanish: oneirologia f
• Swedish: oneirologi f