counterworld
noun
coun·ter·world
ˈkau̇n-tər-ˌwər(-ə)ld 
variants
or counter-world
plural counterworlds or counter-worlds
: an alternate and usually opposite world
… the perception that always took hold of me underwater, that I was in a kind of counterworld where every feature and principle of surface life had its alien obverse.—
Stephen Harrigan
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In the counterworld of Gutfeld!, there is no eclipse of the republic, no fascist sludge on the rise, no QAnon nibbling at the roots of reason.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 5 May 2022
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James Parker, The Atlantic, 5 May 2022
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“Counterworld.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/counterworld. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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