in what world

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prep_phrase
  1. How. (used in rhetorical questions to criticize something as completely inconsistent with reality and/or logic).

Word forms

in what world

Etymology

Use of a reference to alternative realities to imply that the thing criticized is inconsistent with our own reality.

Synonyms

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