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paracosmic en · ADJ

Etymology

From paracosm + -ic.

Meanings

1. Of, related to, or characteristic of a paracosm.
   • These private worlds are always well organized, with the fantasy being maintained and elaborated upon over an extended period of time. Often private, but sometimes shared, the fantasy has emotional meaning to the child similar to that of the transitional object. The paracosmic creation is important to the child and is rewarding. 2005, Delmont C. Morrison, Shirley Linden Morrison, Memories of Loss and Dreams of Perfection: Unsuccessful Childhood Grieving and Adult Creativity, Baywood Publishing, →ISBN, page 20:
   • She is inclined to attribute to her paracosmic imagining the credit for her adult interest in geography and history. 1991, David Cohen, Stephen A. MacKeith, The Development of Imagination: The Private Worlds of Childhood, Routledge, →ISBN, page 51:
   • Narnia similarly has its roots in a paracosmic world created by C. S. Lewis and his brother during their childhoods. 2008, David Sobel, Childhood and Nature, Stenhouse Publishers, →ISBN, page 26:

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