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
Example Sentences
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Instead, the fantasyland they live in is one they made of their own free will.
From Salon ● Feb. 2, 2026
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.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2025
The stark reminders that it’s a fantasyland might put some viewers at ease.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 23, 2023
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
Somewhere in fantasyland Ignatius was dreaming of a terrified Myma Minkoff being tried by a court of Taste and Decency and found wanting.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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