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FAIRYLAND
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The enchanted realm of fairies
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("fairyland" is a kind of...):
fictitious place; imaginary place; mythical place (a place that exists only in imagination; a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Something existing solely in the imagination (but often mistaken for reality)
Synonyms:
fairyland; fantasy world; phantasy world
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("fairyland" is a kind of...):
fantasy; phantasy (imagination unrestricted by reality)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fairyland"):
paracosm (a prolonged fantasy world invented by children; can have a definite geography and language and history)
