primary world

== English == === Etymology === Coined by J. R. R. Tolkien in his 1947 essay "On Fairy-Stories". === Noun === primary world (plural primary worlds) (fantasy) The real world of the reader or viewer, as opposed to the imaginary "secondary world" of a work of fiction. ==== Antonyms ==== fantasy world, imaginary world, secondary world ==== Related terms ==== low fantasy === References === Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2026), “primary world n.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.