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paracosm

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈpæɹəˌkɒz(ə)m/Part of speech nounSorted aacmoprsStarts with PEnds with M0 clues
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Definitions

  1. An elaborate imaginary world, often created by a child.

Word origin

From English para- (prefix meaning ‘alongside, beside’) (from Ancient Greek παρα- (para-, prefix meaning ‘beside’)) + English cosm(os) (“universe”) (from Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “the earth, world; universe”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱems-, *ḱens- (“to put in order”)).

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  • One paracosm in their study was a country called Branmail consisting totally of cats — except for its creator, a six-year-old girl named Holly who had access to the world by scaling a height called Bumpety Banks.
  • The children created these inner worlds for a number of reasons, though each paracosm tends to be a long-lasting, heavily structured, and internally consistent.

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