adjective
- resembling or characteristic of a fugue; dreamlike, trance-like, or involving a loss of awareness of one's surroundings or identity
Usage: often used in medical or psychological contexts to describe dissociative states
Examples
- The patient described a fuguelike state in which she could not remember how she had traveled across the city.
- He moved through the crowded airport in a fuguelike daze, unaware of the people around him.
- The accident left her in a fuguelike condition for several hours.
- Witnesses reported that the suspect seemed to be in a fuguelike trance when apprehended.
- After the trauma, she experienced fuguelike episodes where time seemed to disappear.