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dream world

American  
Or dreamworld

noun

  1. the world of imagination or illusion rather than of objective reality.


Etymology

Origin of dream world

First recorded in 1810–20

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Two sopranos and a countertenor depict a paradisiacal dream world of “fairies in the forest,” accompanied by an improvising violin.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 5, 2025

"I'm a middle-class school teacher who's now in a dream world."

From BBC Feb. 11, 2025

In Cornell’s dream world, a manufacturer like Apple would alert its users upon reaching certain coordinates that they’re in a dangerous zone.

From Slate Aug. 4, 2024

He then wrote other successful novels, some we know of, “Breakfast at Tiffany's,” a little one, but then he used that to enter into his dream world that he had always fantasized about.

From Salon Feb. 8, 2024

Every time I shot back, What’s wrong with living in a dream world?

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd

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