different between conworld vs conperson

English

Etymology

From constructed world.

Noun

conworld (plural conworlds)

1. An imaginary world, especially one with highly-detailed cultures, languages, and geography.
   • 2007, Ron Hale-Evans & Marty Hale-Evans, Mindhacker: 60 Tips, Tricks, and Games to Take Your Mind to the Next Level, Wiley Publishing (2011), ?ISBN, unnumbered page:

     However, you will have created a pile of crossword puzzles you'll be proud to submit to Will Shortz, or a conworld that's so rich and real the inhabitants have actually attained sapience and now worship you as their god.

   • 2009, Arika Okrent, In the Land of Invented Languages: Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Loglan Lovers, and the Mad Dreamers Who Tried to Build A Perfect Language, Spiegel & Grau (2009), ?ISBN, page 287:

     The most respected languages in the conlang community often have years of work behind them, and may even be attached to whole "conworlds" or "concultures" that help give them coherence and a model "literature."

Synonyms

• paracosm
• paracosmos (rare)

English

Etymology

con- (“constructed”) +? person

Noun

conperson (plural conpeople or conpersons)

1. (colloquial) a fictional person, especially one supposed to inhabit a conworld and speak a conlang.

Related terms

• conculture
• conlang
• conreligion
• consociety
• conworld

Anagrams

• corn pones, corn-pones, cornpones, noncopers, penorcons