PHANTASY WORLD

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Something existing solely in the imagination (but often mistaken for reality)

Synonyms:

fairyland; fantasy world; phantasy world

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("phantasy world" is a kind of...):

fantasy; phantasy (imagination unrestricted by reality)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "phantasy world"):

paracosm (a prolonged fantasy world invented by children; can have a definite geography and language and history)

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