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- noun A separate or alternative world.
Etymologies
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From hetero- + (micro)cosm.
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Examples
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I was also piquing my intellect, because each poet is a little world, a heterocosm, so that was the challenge.
qms commented on the word heterocosm
The power of wishing is awesome
For dreaming can solve ills or cause 'em
Select your wish well
You may have to dwell
Within your own heterocosm.
September 11, 2017