dream world

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noun

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

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dreamland, cloudland, faerie, fairyland, wonderland, hope, idealization, idealism

Nearby words

dream of the red chamber, the, dream team, dream ticket, dream up, dream vision, dream world, dreamboat, dreamer, dreamily, dreamland, dreamless

Origin of dream world

First recorded in 1810–20

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for dream world

He buried his head in his hands and felt the dream-world tottering about him.
Sandy|Alice Hegan Rice
She is fully orientated to the external world, but seems to stand with one foot, as it were, in her dream-world.
Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology|C. G. Jung
The dream-world reveals itself to us; great spirit eyes look into ours.
Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature - 6. Young Germany|Georg Brandes
How we clutch at shadows (in this dream-world) as if they were substances, and sleep deepest while fancying ourselves most awake!
Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources|James Wood

Again, it was as if something in this dream-world real-world could tell him more than he should know.
Voyage To Eternity|Milton Lesser