Meanings
nounpaleofantasy (plural paleofantasies)
plural paleofantasies
- rareA fantasy about how things were in the distant or geological past.
That’s just a paleofantasy about the future.
2009 January 20, Marlene Zuk, “The Evolutionary Search for Our Perfect Past”, in New York Times
Origin
From paleo- + fantasy, introduced by Marlene Zuk as the title of her book criticising paleodiets.
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APA
paleofantasy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paleofantasy
MLA
“paleofantasy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paleofantasy. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “paleofantasy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paleofantasy.
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