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heterocosms

heterocosms is the plural of heterocosm.

Meaning of heterocosm

Noun

heterocosm (plural heterocosms)

  1. A separate or alternative world.
    • Man, repelled by his debt to a physical mother, created an alternate reality, a heterocosm to give him the illusion of freedom.1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae

Questions about heterocosms

What is heterocosms the plural of?
Heterocosms is the plural of heterocosm.

Words near heterocosms in the dictionary

  1. heterocoral
  2. heterocoralloid
  3. heterocorals
  4. heterocosm
  5. heterocosmic
  6. heterocosms
  7. heterocracies
  8. heterocracy
  9. heterocratic
  10. heterocrine
  11. heterocromatin

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