fantasyland

[fan-tuh-see-land, -zee-]

noun

1. a place or circumstance existing only in the imagination or as an ideal; dream world.

2. an amusement park whose attractions are based on a theme, as fairy tales or exotic locales; theme park.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fantasyland¹

First recorded in 1965–70; fantasy + land

Example Sentences

"To not accept that is fantasyland, and we're a UK success story. As a business, we employ thousands of people, we do great service. We're rooted in the UK, and we should be turbocharged by our UK government, not disadvantaged."

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When one user asked it to produce a map of the U.S. with all the states labeled, GPT-5 extruded a fantasyland, including states such as Tonnessee, Mississipo and West Wigina.

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Other denizens chose denial and willful ignorance, turning inward to a fantasyland where, somehow, everything was normal, even when it was not.

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A number of rides, especially those in Fantasyland, received upgrades — key additions were made to the Matterhorn and Alice in Wonderland, for instance.

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Alice in Wonderland, for instance, was once envisioned as a walk-through attraction, to be placed across the way from an archery in Fantasyland.

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