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paracosmic

paracosmic adjective: of, related to, or characteristic of a paracosm.

Adjective

paracosmic (comparative more paracosmic, superlative most paracosmic)

  1. Of, related to, or characteristic of a paracosm.
    • She is inclined to attribute to her paracosmic imagining the credit for her adult interest in geography and history.1991, David Cohen, Stephen A. MacKeith, The Development of Imagination: The Private Worlds of Childhood, Routledge, →ISBN, page 51
    • These private worlds are always well organized, with the fantasy being maintained and elaborated upon over an extended period of time. Often private, but sometimes shared, the fantasy has emotional meaning to the child similar to that of the transitional object. The paracosmic creation is important...2005, Delmont C. Morrison, Shirley Linden Morrison, Memories of Loss and Dreams of Perfection: Unsuccessful Childhood Grieving and Adult Creativity, Baywood Publishing, →ISBN, page 20

Examples of paracosmic in a sentence

  • The paracosmic creation is important to the child and is rewarding.2005, Delmont C. Morrison, Shirley Linden Morrison, Memories of Loss and Dreams of Perfection: Unsuccessful Childhood Grieving and Adult...
  • Narnia similarly has its roots in a paracosmic world created by C.2008, David Sobel, Childhood and Nature, Stenhouse Publishers, →ISBN, page 26:

Forms of paracosmic

comparativemore paracosmic
superlativemost paracosmic

Origin of paracosmic

From paracosm + -ic.

Questions about paracosmic

What does paracosmic mean?
Paracosmic means of, related to, or characteristic of a paracosm.
How do you use paracosmic in a sentence?
The paracosmic creation is important to the child and is rewarding.
What part of speech is paracosmic?
Paracosmic is an adjective.

Words near paracosmic in the dictionary

  1. paracortex
  2. paracortexes
  3. paracortical
  4. paracortices
  5. paracosm
  6. paracosmic
  7. paracosmos
  8. paracosmoses
  9. paracosms
  10. paracostal
  11. paracostibite

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