Definition of "reverie" []

• A state of abstracted musing; daydreaming. (noun)
• A daydream: "I felt caught up in a reverie of years long past” ( William Styron). (noun)

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• "The bower becomes significant, then, as the externalization of this internal, unreachable environment where any kind of reverie is possible; for Kitty, under constant surveillance, the bower represents a winsome retreat that "possessed such a charm over her senses, as constantly to tranquillize her mind and quiet her spirits," a place which she believed "alone could restore her to herself" (193)."
• "He takes refuge in reverie, even turning to his dead mother (Sophia Loren) and influential memories from his youth."
• "The inheritance spent, the painters indulge in reverie, romanticizing the past, retreating into what Jung would call the collective unconscious."