dreamworld

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Etymology

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From dream +‎ world. Compare West Frisian dreamwrâld (dreamworld), Dutch droomwereld, dromenwereld (dreamworld), German Traumwelt (dreamworld), Danish drømmeverden (dreamworld), Swedish drömvärld (dreamworld).

Noun

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dreamworld (plural dreamworlds)

  1. An imaginary world, such as experienced while dreaming.
    • 1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 358:
      At midnight they left the air-conditioned dream-world and entered the oven of the street.

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