Citations:paracosm

Noun

 * 1) A detailed imaginary world, especially one created by a child.
 * 2) * 1991 — David Cohen & Stephen A. MacKeith, The Development of Imagination: The Private Worlds of Childhood, Routledge (1991), ISBN 0415046351, page 85:
 * Rosalind enjoyed her school life, both at a progressive co-ed day school till 11 and afterwards at boarding school. Her 'paracosm' does seem to have been produced at a time of acute stress when she lost her mother and had to settle to a new, far from perfect, stepmother.
 * 1) * 2001 — Sally Jenkinson, The Genius of Play: Celebrating the Spirit of Childhood, Hawthorn (2001), ISBN 9781903458044, page 38:
 * One man I met developed his own little world, or paracosm, over 40 years ago, and wrote to me about his childhood game.
 * 1) * 2008 — David Sobel, Childhood and Nature, Stenhouse Publishers (2008), ISBN 9781571107411, page 26:
 * One of the originators of the study had a paracosm of his own in childhood and was intrigued to find out whether other adults recalled similar experiences.
 * 1) * 2009 — Joshua C. Kendall, The Man Who Made Lists: Love, Death, Madness, and the Creation of Roget's Thesaurus, G. P. Putnam's Sons (2008), ISBN 9780399154621, page 41:
 * As children, many famous artists and writers — including W. H. Auden, the Brontë sisters, C. S. Lewis, and Friedrich Nietzsche — developed a paracosm, which, in its pure form, features a variety of imaginary people and places.
 * 1) * 2011 — Claire Golomb, The Creation of Imaginary Worlds: The Role of Art, Magic and Dreams in Child Development, Jessica Kingsley Publishers (2011), ISBN 9781849058520, page 120:
 * An example of such a paracosm, of the extensive creation of imaginary beings is presented by Brittney E.
 * 1) * 2009 — Joshua C. Kendall, The Man Who Made Lists: Love, Death, Madness, and the Creation of Roget's Thesaurus, G. P. Putnam's Sons (2008), ISBN 9780399154621, page 41:
 * As children, many famous artists and writers — including W. H. Auden, the Brontë sisters, C. S. Lewis, and Friedrich Nietzsche — developed a paracosm, which, in its pure form, features a variety of imaginary people and places.
 * 1) * 2011 — Claire Golomb, The Creation of Imaginary Worlds: The Role of Art, Magic and Dreams in Child Development, Jessica Kingsley Publishers (2011), ISBN 9781849058520, page 120:
 * An example of such a paracosm, of the extensive creation of imaginary beings is presented by Brittney E.
 * An example of such a paracosm, of the extensive creation of imaginary beings is presented by Brittney E.