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Pronunciation: [sˈɒmnɐmbjˌʊlɪsts] (IPA)

Somnambulists can be referred to as sleepwalkers or noctambulists. These individuals have a medical condition known as somnambulism which causes them to perform complex activities while asleep, often without any recollection of it the next day. Some other synonyms include nightwalkers, dreamwalkers or even zoners. Although not a commonly used word, somnambulists are sometimes called lunatics, as moonlight is believed to be a trigger for sleepwalking episodes. Sleepwalking can be dangerous, as sleepwalkers may harm themselves or others unintentionally. It is important to take precautions to prevent and manage sleepwalking, including securing doors and windows, removing obstacles that may cause tripping, and seeking medical attention if episodes occur frequently.
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A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

  • Other hypernyms:

    sleepwalkers, nightwalkers, noctambulists, somnambulators, somniloquists, Ambulatory Sleepers.

Usage examples for Somnambulists

somnambulists do dreadfully dangerous things, you know," said Sally, as if her experience of those peculiar people had been vast and varied.
"Spinning-Wheel Stories"
Louisa May Alcott
Hitherto they had lived resigned to the life that surrounded them, moving like somnambulists on the undecided boundary which separates soul from instinct, but the unexpected presence of that fugitive from social battles was the impulse that launched them into full thought, walking tentatively and with no other light than that of their master.
"The Shadow of the Cathedral"
Vicente Blasco Ibañez
Now the somnambulists of our day fulfil the second and third conditions without dispute; and some account for the divining power by saying it is the effect of the increased activity of the soul.
"Sidonia The Sorceress V1"
William Mienhold

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  • The spirit acquires an increase of knowledge and experience in each of his corporeal existences. He loses sight of part of these gains during his reincarnation in matter, which is too gross to allow of his remembering them in their entirety; but he remembers them as a spirit. It is thus that some somnambulists give evidence of possessing knowledge beyond their present degree of instruction, and even of their apparent intellectual capacity. The intellectual and scientific inferiority of a somnambulist in his waking state, therefore, proves nothing against his possession of the knowledge he may display in his lucid state. According to the circumstances of the moment and the aim proposed, he may draw this knowledge from the stores of his own experience, from his clairvoyant perception of things actually occurring, or from the counsels which he receives from other spirits; but, in proportion as his own spirit is more or less advanced, he will make his statements more or less correctly.
    Allan Kardec
  • Plato was aware that divination is something inferior that pertains to the non-rational soul. The main point is that they [clairvoyants] name their illnesses, especially chronic nervous disorders that are not yet fully developed. Also, rheumatism, toothaches, yield to magnetism. Remarkably, it seems to have an effect on the maladies of menstruation. The somnambulists especially know how to specify these disorders and it is easy to admit that they discover deficiencies. They describe these conditions, but in an entirely ordinary manner, not in the manner of one who understands anatomy. Then they indicate the remedy for their disease.
    Plato

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