paleofantasy en · NOUN
Etymology
From paleo- + fantasy, introduced by Marlene Zuk as the title of her book criticising paleodiets.
Meanings
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(rare) A fantasy about how things were in the distant or geological past.
That’s just a paleofantasy about the future.
2009 January 20, Marlene Zuk, “The Evolutionary Search for Our Perfect Past”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| paleofantasies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |