dreamworld

noun

dream·​world ˈdrēm-ˌwərld How to pronounce dreamworld (audio)
: a world of illusion or fantasy

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So Link’s Awakening is a careful balance of impish humor and light danger — much like David Lynch’s Twin Peaks, which inspired the game (and its dreamworld owls). Ashley Bardhan, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024 Her mind is collapsing in on itself, fashioning a dreamworld from bits and pieces. Sara Holdren, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2023 Remembering in daylight this sensation of awaking from a dreamworld to reality seemed cognate to the experience on the highway: the feeling of being ensorcelled and then awaking from it. John Crowley, Harper's Magazine, 8 Dec. 2021 When my sister and I were growing up in Abu Dhabi, Kerala was supposed to be Oz, a dreamworld where everything was right. Deepak Unnikrishnan, Foreign Affairs, 7 Feb. 2020 See all Example Sentences for dreamworld 

Word History

First Known Use

1817, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of dreamworld was in 1817

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“Dreamworld.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dreamworld. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.

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