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lucid dreaming

noun

Etymology

Coined by psychiatrist Frederik Willem van Eeden in his paper A Study of Dreams (1913). It is possible that he coined this as a calque of "rêve lucide", which appears in Les Rêves et les Moyens de les Diriger; Observations Pratiques (1867) by Marquis d'Hervey de Saint-Denys.

Definitions

  1. A form of dreaming in which the conscious mind takes control over the contents of the…

    A form of dreaming in which the conscious mind takes control over the contents of the dream.

  2. third-person singular simple present indicative of lucid dream

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for lucid dreaming. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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