cloud-world
Definition
- Noun:
- An imaginary or ideal realm: "cloud-world" refers to a fanciful, unreal place often associated with dreams, fantasies, or unrealistic ideals. It is a metaphorical space where things exist only in the imagination, not in reality.
Usage Examples
- (She escaped into a fantasy realm.)
- (The promises were seen as unrealistic fantasies.)
Advanced Usage
"to live in a cloud-world": to be habitually unrealistic or out of touch with reality.
- He lives in a cloud-world, ignoring the harsh facts of life. (He avoids reality by daydreaming.)
"a cloud-world of ideas": a collection of imaginary or speculative concepts.
- The novel describes a cloud-world of futuristic technologies. (The novel depicts an imagined realm of advanced inventions.)
Variants and Related Words
Cloud-castle (n): an imaginary, unattainable project or hope.
- Building cloud-castles is a waste of time. (Planning unrealistic dreams.)
Cloud-cuckoo-land (n): a state of foolish or absurd fantasy (from Aristophanes' play The Birds).
- His plan to colonize Mars is pure cloud-cuckoo-land. (His idea is utterly unrealistic.)
Synonyms
- Fantasy: imagination, especially of a fantastic or unreal kind.
- Dreamland: a place or state of dreaming or unrealistic thinking.
- Utopia: an imagined perfect society (often used ironically for unrealistic ideals).
Related Idioms
Head in the clouds: to be daydreaming or unrealistic.
- Stop living with your head in the clouds; focus on your work. (Stop being unrealistic; pay attention to reality.)
Castles in the air: unrealistic plans or hopes.
- His ambition to become a rock star was just castles in the air. (His goal was unrealistic.)