"lucid dreaming" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

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. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} lucid dreaming (uncountable)
  1. A form of dreaming in which the conscious mind takes control over the contents of the dream. Tags: uncountable Related terms: lucid dream, oneironautics Translations (lucid dreaming): selkouni (Finnish), Klarträumen [neuter] (German), ονειροναυτική (oneironaftikí) [feminine] (Greek), חלימה מודעת (khalima mudat) [feminine] (Hebrew), sąmoningas sapnavimas [masculine] (Lithuanian), осо́знанные сновиде́ния (osóznannyje snovidénija) [neuter, plural] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-lucid_dreaming-en-noun-1BihpDZy

Verb [English]

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. Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} lucid dreaming
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of lucid dream Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: lucid dream
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