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counter-world
noun[ C ]
(alsocounterworld)uk /ˈkaʊn.təˌwɜːld/ us /ˈkaʊn.t̬ɚˌwɝːld/
a world that exists in opposition to or is very different from another world:
I think of poetry as building a counter-world, not better but different.
The comic counterworld is used to satirize or criticize the real world.
Like any possible world, it has its own set of facts and its own subworlds and counter-worlds.
The story dramatizes a young boy’s immersion in a counter-world headed by villains who defy the norms of a dubious patriarchal order.
The martyr beckons from an aesthetic counterworld that proves increasingly impossible in social terms.
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agglomerate
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grab bag
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portfolio
sheaf
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starter pack
store cupboard
storehouse
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