Heterocosm

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A separate or alternative world.

    "Man, repelled by his debt to a physical mother, created an alternate reality, a heterocosm to give him the illusion of freedom."

Synonyms

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alternative universe

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"Man, repelled by his debt to a physical mother, created an alternate reality, a heterocosm to give him the illusion of freedom."

Etymology

From hetero- + (micro)cosm.

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