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I would like to know **how to say the terms "oneirism"* and "oneiric film" in
Japanese**.

I've been searching for these terms in several dictionaries ENG-JAP, but the
only result I get is "not matches have been found".

Thanks a lot in advance for your help!

*Oneirism = Alteration of consciousness characterized by the appearance of fantasies similar to those of dreams, with loss of the sense of reality.
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How do you say "oneirism" in Japanese?
Are you looking for a medical (psychiatric) term, or are you looking for a
word laypeople know? Anyway, candidates include:

  * 白昼夢: "daydream"; a dream seen while awake
  * 夢想(的): "dream; vision"; basically a stiff kango version of 夢
  * 幻覚(的): "hallucination"; a psychiatric term known to laypeople; usually not associated with fantastical elements or decreased consciousness level
  * 幻想(的): "fantasy" as shown in [this picture](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oneiroid_syndrome#/media/File:Great-Moon-Hoax-1835-New-York-Sun-lithograph-298px.jpg)
  * 夢幻(様): a rare psychiatric term used to translate [oneiroid state](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oneiroid_syndrome); but it's also [widely used with no clear meaning](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/18356/5010) in various fictional contexts
  * サイケデリック: "psychedelic" like [this](https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&as_q=lucy%20in%20the%20sky%20with%20diamonds)
  * 譫妄: "delirium", a common psychiatric term

If you are looking for the best Japanese medical term to describe oneiroid
state or oneiroid hallucination as described in English Wikipedia, I would
choose 夢幻様症状 or 夢幻様体験. But the concept itself seems to be little-known, and it
may be categorized simply as 譫妄 today.

If you are looking for a word everyone understands, I believe there is no
established translation, so you have to choose one of the above words
depending on your purpose. If vividness is important, 幻覚 or サイケデリック may be
used. If the fantastical aspect (e.g, unicorn, fairy, ...) is important, 幻想
may be better. Otherwise simple 夢想 may be the safest. Can you name a few films
which you think is oneiric?
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