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somnambulism

[ som-nam-byuh-liz-uhm, suhm- ]

somnambulism

/ ɒˈæʊˌɪə /

noun

  1. a condition that is characterized by walking while asleep or in a hypnotic trance Also callednoctambulism
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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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