English Explanatory Dictionary

primary world

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The real world of the reader or viewer, as opposed to the imaginary "secondary world" of a work of fiction.

Word forms

primary world primary worlds

Etymology

Coined by J. R. R. Tolkien in his 1947 essay "On Fairy-Stories".

Antonyms

fantasy world imaginary world secondary world

Related words

low fantasy
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