Alice-in-Wonderland


Al·ice-in-Won·der·land

(ăl′ĭs-ĭn-wŭn′dər-lănd′)adj. Illusory; unreal: "One wonders if historians ... are caught up in an Alice-in-Wonderland world of their own making" (Zara Steiner).
[Short for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, , fantasy novel by Lewis Carroll.]

Alice-in-Wonderland

adj fantastic; irrational [C20: alluding to the absurdities of Wonderland in Lewis Carroll's book]

Al′ice-in-Won′derland



adj. resembling a dream or fantasy; unreal. [1920–25; alluding to Lewis Carroll's children's story Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865)]