[film theory] In film theory, the term oneiric (k; `pertaining to dream`) refers to what proponents describe as the depiction of dream-like states in motion picture, or to the use of the metaphor of a dream or the dream-state to analyze a film. A connection between dreams and films has been long posited; the phrase `The dream factory,` it h... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oneiric_(film_theory)
1. Pertaining to dreams. ... 2. Pertaining to the clinical state of oneirophrenia. ... Synonym: oniric. ... Origin: G. Oneiros, dream ... (05 Mar 2000) ... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20973