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PARACOSM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does paracosm mean?
• PARACOSM (noun)
The noun PARACOSM has 1 sense:
1. a prolonged fantasy world invented by children; can have a definite geography and language and history
Familiarity information: PARACOSM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A prolonged fantasy world invented by children; can have a definite geography and language and history
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("paracosm" is a kind of...):
fairyland; fantasy world; phantasy world (something existing solely in the imagination (but often mistaken for reality))
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