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Definition of Daydreaming
1. Noun. Absentminded dreaming while awake.
Generic synonyms: Dream, Dreaming
Derivative terms: Daydream, Daydream, Daydream, Daydream
Definition of Daydreaming
1. Verb. (present participle of daydream) ¹
2. Noun. An instance of daydreaming; a daydream or reverie. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Daydreaming
1. daydream [v] - See also: daydream
Lexicographical Neighbors of Daydreaming
Literary usage of Daydreaming
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Aspects of Child Life and Education by Granville Stanley Hall (1921)
"daydreaming, actual divergence of the axes probably being confined to those mental
states which most nearly approach the hypnagogic, while the " far-away ..."
2. Human Conduct: A Textbook in General Philosophy and Applied Psychology for by Charles Clinton Peters (1918)
"But there is no doubt that daydreaming involves very serious dangers. ... An hour
of daydreaming while one lies in bed in the morning often makes one dull ..."
3. Human Conduct: A Textbook in General Philosophy and Applied Psychology for by Charles Clinton Peters (1918)
"But there is no doubt that daydreaming involves very serious dangers. ... An hour
of daydreaming while one lies in bed in the morning often makes one dull ..."
4. Island Song Lyrics by Larry W. Jones (2003)
"Love Fresh Like Morning Sky (08/03/2002) (#070) daydreaming in the sunshine of
your sweet love for me Is bike the island breezes that wave as they go by ..."
5. Psychology: A Study of Mental Life by Robert Sessions Woodworth (1921)
"DAY DREAMS daydreaming is a sort of play, more distinctly imaginative than most
other play. Simply letting the mind run, as in the instances cited under ..."
6. Growing Readers: Units Of Study In The Primary Classroom by Kathy Collins (2004)
"I teach them how to catch themselves daydreaming and to say, "Okay, back to the
book now." •JJ Readers stop and think after reading chunks of text. ..."
7. Using the Resources of the Country Church by Ernest Rutherford Groves (1917)
"church itself may be given to the daydreaming tendency. Religion may be used to
cover up an unwillingness to face reality, to meet the moral needs of the ..."
8. Social Forces in Modern Literature by Philo Melvin Buck (1913)
"But the practical affairs of life have a habit of breaking in upon our daydreaming
in a most heartless and unphilosophic fashion, as most of these young men ..."
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