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somnambulism
[ som-nam-byuh-liz-uhm, suhm- ]
somnambulism
/ ɒˈæʊˌɪə /
noun
- a condition that is characterized by walking while asleep or in a hypnotic trance Also callednoctambulism
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Derived Forms
- dzˌԲˈپ, adjective
- dzˈԲܱ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms
- dz·Բ·· noun
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of somnambulism1
First recorded in 1790–1800; from French somnambulisme, from New Latin somnambulismus, equivalent to somn(us) “sleep” + ܱ() “to walk” + -ismus -ism
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But we must be careful not to confuse this disorder with somnambulism.
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Or are they symptoms of either sleep paralysis — the mind awake, but the body asleep — or its converse: somnambulism, or sleepwalking?
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By the last half-hour, I had plunged into a state of political somnambulism.
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As a realist narrator, he reports first-hand the nightmare of the surreal somnambulism outbreak.
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This brutal satirical novel takes place on a single night, when a plague of somnambulism unleashes a host of suppressed emotions among the inhabitants of a Chinese village.
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