dream worlds
Imagined nocturnal places
Dream worlds are imaginary realms experienced during sleep or created through fantasy and imagination.
The term covers both the strange landscapes of actual dreams and fictional universes people construct or escape into: She preferred her dream worlds to the disappointments of daily life.
In gaming and literature, dream worlds are settings where normal rules don't apply.
- reverieAbstracted, pleasant daydream
- utopiaImagined perfect society
- subconsciousBelow conscious awareness
- make-believeImaginative play or fantasy
- dreamscapesImaginary sleeping vistas
imagination · daydreaming · visions · fantasies · fiction · escapist fiction · storytelling · Arcadia · Shangri-La · oneiric · liminal spaces · magical realism · surreal · whimsy · fantasy realms · fictional universes · parallel universes · alternate realities
- surrealist artmelting clocks, impossible geometry, elephant legs, faceless figures, endless stairs
- fantasywizard, witch, magic, dragon, elf
- game environmentsdungeons, arenas, mazes, labyrinths, fantasy realms
- pretend playmake believe, pretend, pretend play, dress-up, dollhouse
- fictional mapsfantasy maps, treasure maps, Neverland, Atlantis, enchanted lands
- dream poetrydreamscapes, night visions, reverie, floating, phantoms
dream worldsreality
What actually exists
physical reality · objective reality · terra firma · actuality · hard facts
dream worldsharsh reality
Uncomfortable actual circumstances
real life · everyday life · grim reality · unvarnished truth · banality
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