dream·time also Dream·time (dr m t m )n. The time of the creation of the world in Australian Aboriginal mythology: "Aboriginal myths tell of the legendary totemic beings who wandered across the country in the Dreamtime . . . singing the world into existence" (Bruce Chatwin). [Translation of Aranda (Aboriginal language of central Australia) aljerre  e, in the dreamtime : aljerre, dream + -e, from, of.] |
Dreamtime [ˈdriːmtaɪm]
n
1. (Myth & Legend / Non-European Myth & Legend) (in the mythology of Australian Aboriginal peoples) a mythical Golden Age of the past Also called alchera [ˈæltʃərə] alcheringa
2. Austral informal any remote period, out of touch with the actualities of the present
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