alternate worlds
Divergent timeline possibilities
Alternate worlds are hypothetical realities different from our own—parallel universes where history took different turns or physical laws operate differently.
The concept appears in physics (multiverse theory), philosophy (possible worlds), and especially fiction: The novel imagines alternate worlds where the Nazis won.
Also called alternative worlds or parallel worlds.
- lucid dreamSleep awareness of unreality
- fever dreamHallucinatory episode during illness
- parallel universeHypothetical coexisting separate reality
- mirror dimensionRealm accessed through reflections
- pocket universeIsolated miniature dimension
underworld · platonic ideal · simulacrum · multiverse · quantum realm · time loop · astral plane · dreamscape · enchanted forest · simulation theory · wormhole · looking glass · rabbit hole · solipsism · transcendence · hallucination · sensory illusion · mind's eye
- fantasywizard, witch, magic, dragon, elf
- fictional mapsfantasy maps, treasure maps, Neverland, Atlantis, enchanted lands
- imaginary thingsfantasies, imaginary friends, make-believe, make believe, pretend
- fictionfiction, novel, novels, novella, novellas
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Universal human solidarity
fate · destiny · linear time
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