"pleasuredome" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pleasuredomes [plural]
Etymology: pleasure + dome Etymology templates: {{compound|en|pleasure|dome}} pleasure + dome Head templates: {{en-noun}} pleasuredome (plural pleasuredomes)
  1. A place where one can relax, entertain or recreate. Synonyms: pleasure dome
    Sense id: en-pleasuredome-en-noun-hEKpPHeT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "1984, “Welcome To The Pleasuredome”, performed by Frankie Goes to Hollywood",
          "text": "In Xanadu did Kublai Khan a pleasuredome erect / Moving on, keep moving on, yeah / […] We're a long way from home / Welcome to the pleasuredome",
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          "ref": "1999, Simon Reynolds, Generation Ecstasy: Into the World of Techno and Rave Culture, Routledge, page 47",
          "text": "Then again, sampladelia may equally be a component of a Krokerite dystopia of \"cold seduction\": \"a cool hallucinatory culture of special effects personalities moving at warp speed to nowhere,\" a virtual-reality pleasuredome where the self is a will-o'-the-wisp buffeted by \"ceaseless movement in the eddies of cultural matter.\"",
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          "ref": "2009, Adrian Grant, Michael Jackson: The Visual Documentary, Omnibuss Press, unnumbered page",
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          "ref": "2012, Bruce Clark, Paradise for Beginners, Strategic Book Publishing and Rights Co., page 174",
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