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worldlet

worldlet

9.8
A small community with its own rules and way of life
  • noun
  • /ˈwɜrldˌlɛt/
translation icon : microcomunidad
  • Within the garden, a tiny worldlet thrived, with its own diverse plants and creatures, untouched by the outside world.

Examples

  • In the isolated village, people lived like a worldlet, with traditions that set them apart from the city.

  • The sea that had filled the ocellus had extended almost to the center of the worldlet, a conical intrusion into its core, causing massive relaxation of the remaining crust and mantle, and then had refrozen, pushing them back into place.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • The artist created a worldlet on her canvas, depicting a serene landscape far removed from reality.

Synonyms

local community
vsworldlet
48 2.8

A group of people who live near each other and share interests

is a smaller, self-contained group with its own customs apart from wider society
own world
vsworldlet
19 7.0

Being so focused on private thoughts or feelings that you do not notice people nearby

is a tangible small society with separate customs, not just an emotional state

How Big

city
∞ 1.0
town
∞ 1.0
worldlet
9.8
village
∞ 1.0
clique
45 6.4

Surface Forms

worldlet singular
worldlets plural

Morphology

worldlet = world (transparent) = world + let

The sense describes a smaller, self-contained 'world' (community or environment), directly inferable from 'world' + '-let'.

Etymology

Worldlet combines world and the little ending -let, the same ending in piglet and leaflet where -let means 'small'. So a worldlet can be a 'small', self-contained community or environment with its own customs and concerns.