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nirvana
nirvana
noun
Definition of NIRVANA
1
a state of being disregardful or unconscious of one's surroundings, concerns, or obligations <the spa experience was a week of pure nirvana>
Related Words ignorance, incognizance, innocence, insensibility, nescience, unawareness, unconsciousness, unfamiliarity; amnesia, blindness; absentmindedness, absorption, abstraction, inattention, inattentiveness, preoccupation
Near Antonyms memory, recall, recollection, remembrance; alertness, awareness, cognizance, consciousness
2
an often imaginary place or state of utter perfection and happiness <the popular fantasy that life as a beachcomber in the South Pacific would be never-ending nirvana>
Synonyms Camelot, Cockaigne, Eden, Elysium, empyrean, fantasyland, heaven, lotusland, never-never land, New Jerusalem, nirvana, promised land, Shangri-la, utopia, Zion (also Sion)
Related Words arcadia; dreamland, dreamworld, fairyland, wonderland; blessedness, bliss, blissfulness, euphoria, gladness, joy
Near Antonyms fool's paradise
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