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daydream

short-term detachment from one's immediate surroundings, during which a person's contact with reality is blurred and partially substituted by a visionary fantasy
Event cognitive_process Q6028924
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daydream

Summary

daydream is a cognitive process[1]. daydream draws 772 Wikipedia views per month (cognitive_process category, ranking #5 of 13).[2]

Key Facts

  • daydream's instance of is recorded as cognitive process[3].
  • daydream is a type of fantasy[4].
  • daydream's Commons category is recorded as Daydreams[5].
  • daydream's said to be the same as is recorded as dream[6].
  • daydream's partially coincident with is recorded as mind-wandering[7].
  • daydream's has contributing factor is recorded as boredom[8].
  • daydream's has effect is recorded as distraction[9].
  • daydream's has characteristic is recorded as impermanence[10].
  • daydream's different from is recorded as hypnagogia[11].

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Context

daydream's instance of is recorded as cognitive process[3].

Why It Matters

daydream draws 772 Wikipedia views per month (cognitive_process category, ranking #5 of 13).[2] daydream has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] daydream is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → dream
    Has characteristic → impermanence
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → fantasy
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|9 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 12781, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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