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tulpas

tulpas is the plural of tulpa.

Meaning of tulpa

Noun

tulpa (plural tulpa or tulpas or (often in sense 2) tulpae)

  1. A magical creature that attains corporeal reality, having been originally merely imaginary.
    • When the year was up, the tulpa began growing. It lost its fear of its master and began taking on new forms of its own. It ceased to run errands ....1966, Nikos Kazantzakis, England: A Travel Journal, page 110
  2. A type of thought-form regarded as capable of independent action, with a persistent personality and identity; a kind of modern imaginary friend.

Questions about tulpas

What is tulpas the plural of?
Tulpas is the plural of tulpa.

Words near tulpas in the dictionary

  1. tulpa
  2. tulpae
  3. tulpamancer
  4. tulpamancers
  5. tulpamancy
  6. tulpas
  7. Tulpius
  8. Tulpius valve
  9. Tulpius valves
  10. Tulsa
  11. Tulsa County

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