dreamorphan
/ˈdriːmˌɔːfən/nounVerified NewAlso in: Traumwaise (Deutsch) · sueñohuérfano (Español) · rêveorphelin (Français)
A dream character abandoned when the dreamer wakes — left behind in a world that no longer runs.
The dreamorphan is the child in the dream airport, the friend in the dream kitchen, the stranger who was mid-sentence when the alarm went. They were real for the duration; the waking is the abandonment. Some dreamers feel the guilt for hours, which is the orphan's only continued existence.
Etym. — dream + orphan — the kinship metaphor for the dream figure's abandonment; an orphan is exactly someone left behind by the one who was responsible for them.
Rel. — dreamtenant · sleepletter · dreamwidowed
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