paracosmic

English

Etymology

From paracosm +‎ -ic.

Adjective

paracosmic (comparative more paracosmic, superlative most paracosmic)

1. Of, related to, or characteristic of a paracosm.
   • 1991, David Cohen, Stephen A. MacKeith, The Development of Imagination: The Private Worlds of Childhood, Routledge, →ISBN, page 51:

     She is inclined to attribute to her paracosmic imagining the credit for her adult interest in geography and history.

   • 2005, Delmont C. Morrison, Shirley Linden Morrison, Memories of Loss and Dreams of Perfection: Unsuccessful Childhood Grieving and Adult Creativity, Baywood Publishing, →ISBN, page 20:

     These private worlds are always well organized, with the fantasy being maintained and elaborated upon over an extended period of time. Often private, but sometimes shared, the fantasy has emotional meaning to the child similar to that of the transitional object. The paracosmic creation is important to the child and is rewarding.

   • 2008, David Sobel, Childhood and Nature, Stenhouse Publishers, →ISBN, page 26:

     Narnia similarly has its roots in a paracosmic world created by C. S. Lewis and his brother during their childhoods.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:paracosmic.