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secondary worlds

secondary worlds is the plural of secondary world.

Meaning of secondary world

Noun

secondary world (plural secondary worlds)

  1. An internally consistent, fictional, fantasy world or setting that is different from the real "primary world".
    • What really happens is that the story-maker proves a successful 'sub-creator'. He makes a Secondary World which your mind can enter. Inside it, what he relates is 'true': it accords with the laws of that world. You therefore believe it, while you are, as it were, inside. The moment disbelief...1947, J.R.R. Tolkien, “On Fairy-Stories”, in Essays Presented to Charles Williams, page 60
    Synonyms:
    fantasy world, imaginary world

Questions about secondary worlds

What is secondary worlds the plural of?
Secondary worlds is the plural of secondary world.

Words near secondary worlds in the dictionary

  1. secondary victimizations
  2. secondary virginity
  3. secondary work
  4. secondary works
  5. secondary world
  6. secondary worlds
  7. secondborn
  8. secondborns
  9. seconde
  10. seconded
  11. secondee

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