fantasyland
Americannoun
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a place or circumstance existing only in the imagination or as an ideal; dream world.
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an amusement park whose attractions are based on a theme, as fairy tales or exotic locales; theme park.
Etymology
Origin of fantasyland
Example Sentences
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To enter Fairyland, and it’s estimated that about 150,000 people do each year, is to not just set foot into a handcrafted fantasyland but to also step back in time.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026
Other denizens chose denial and willful ignorance, turning inward to a fantasyland where, somehow, everything was normal, even when it was not.
From Salon • Jul. 18, 2025
Standiford contends that Trump, who oversaw a meticulous restoration of the house, which was concocted as a Florida fantasyland by its architects, fell under its magical spell.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 12, 2023
Isn't it better to deal with reality as it is instead of living in some type of fantasyland?
From Salon • Feb. 13, 2023
Somewhere in fantasyland Ignatius was dreaming of a terrified Myma Minkoff being tried by a court of Taste and Decency and found wanting.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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