fantasyland

[ fan-tuh-see-land, -zee- ]

noun

1. a place or circumstance existing only in the imagination or as an ideal; dream world.
2. an amusement park whose attractions are based on a theme, as fairy tales or exotic locales; theme park.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fantasyland¹

First recorded in 1965–70; fantasy + land

Example Sentences

“End immediately”? Anyone who isn’t in fantasyland knows that the only way to soon end the slaughter of Palestinian civilians would be for the U.S. government — the overwhelmingly biggest supplier of Israel’s armaments — to stop sending weapons to Israel.

From Salon

Unable to handle the strong possibility that their candidate will lose in November, Trump's followers are preemptively immersing themselves in a fantasyland where everything they don't like is "fake," from Harris' crowd sizes to the pet photos of their opponents.

From Salon

The point is to get in early, before the crowds and head for Fantasyland first, which has the greatest concentration of little-kid rides but also the worst lines once the park starts filling up.

From Los Angeles Times

Several Fantasyland rides, like Pinocchio, are too dark and scary for preschoolers, but once you get your fill of the sunnier ones, Carr said, you can stop mid-morning, have a late breakfast and plan out the rest of your day.

From Los Angeles Times

Reactionary centrism and false balance have created their own fantasyland: Rather than preserving and building on what’s best in our civic tradition, as their practitioners imagine, they’ve become witless handmaids in its ongoing destruction.

From Salon