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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 historyplay

  Familiarity information: PARACOSM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PARACOSM (noun)


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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