alternate world
Another possible existence
An alternate world is a hypothetical reality differing from our own, typically in history, physics, or social development.
Fiction explores alternate worlds where the Nazis won World War II, magic exists, or evolution took different paths.
The concept appears in science fiction, fantasy, and theoretical physics discussions of parallel universes: In that alternate world, the South won the Civil War.
- parallel universeHypothetical coexisting separate reality
- parallel dimensionHypothetical coexisting separate reality
- dimensionMeasurable extent or scope
- portalImposing entrance or gate
- multiverseHypothetical set of universes
divergent · timeline · fork in the road · quantum · otherworld · doorway · looking glass · mirror · mirror image · rift · crossover · doppelganger · slip · fantasy · realm · branching · sci-fi · sliding doors
- Fantasy EscapesNarnia, Oz, Hogwarts, Middle-earth, Neverland
- Alternate Historycounterfactual, point of departure, what-if, what if scenario, hypothetical scenario
- parallel worldsparallel dimension, mirror universe, other dimension, parallel universe, multiverse
alternate worldreality
What actually exists
this world · objective reality · the here and now · physical reality · Earth
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