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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
daydream
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Summary

daydream is a cognitive process[1]. daydream draws 3,608 Wikipedia views per month (cognitive process category, ranking #5 of 13).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: fantasy[3]
  • Commons category: Daydreams[4]
  • Said to be the same as: dream[5]
  • Partially coincident with: mind-wandering[6]
  • Has contributing factor: boredom[7]
  • Has effect: distraction[8]
  • Has characteristic: impermanence[9]
  • Different from: hypnagogia[10]

Why It Matters

daydream has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] daydream is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9h ago · Susmuffin · 2026-10-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 50
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'commons', 'cs', 'cv', 'de', 'en', 'eo', '
    Harper's tag → daydreams
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: daydreams, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289918950|daydreams (#289918950)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix"
  2. 21w 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 */ Yso id: 12781, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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