lucid dreaming

Meaning

Noun

• A form of dreaming in which the conscious mind takes control over the contents of the dream.

Origin

• Coined by psychiatrist Frederik Willem van Eeden in his 1913 paper A Study of Dreams. It is possible that he coined this as a calque of "rêve lucide", which appears in Les Rêves et les Moyens de les Diriger; Observations Pratiques (1867) by Marquis d'Hervey de Saint-Denys.