conworld

[kon-wurld]

noun

1. a detailed and plausible fictional world for a novel or story, the result of the process of world-building.

   Science fiction conworlds typically involve space travel.

Word History and Origins

Origin of conworld¹

Shortening of constructed world

Example Sentences

Some suggest that the manuscript might be part of a “conworld,” or constructed fantasy—but then one poster responds, “I don’t see why someone would create such an expensive manuscript if this were the case.”

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“It’s a little like a son who borrows money from his mother,” says Yang Shaofeng, head of the Conworld Real Estate Agency in Beijing.

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