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
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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
Cronin acknowledged never having imagined it would be the first step on a path that would lead him to a basketball fantasyland such as Westwood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2025
Borrowing from the advertising style seen in magazines like Life, Look and Collier’s in the 1930s and ’40s, Mr. McCall depicted a luminous fantasyland filled with airplanes, cars and luxury liners of his own creation.
From New York Times ● May 5, 2023
That is the only logical conclusion in the world as it actually exists, rather than in some fantasyland where shame, public embarrassment and soaring rhetoric about "history" might hold real power.
From Salon ● Jan. 19, 2023
The Olympic Village was like an athlete’s fantasyland, with a pool and workout studios and a huge twenty-four-hour cafeteria with every style of food imaginable.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
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