• Disneyland

    Pronunciation

    • IPA: /ˈdɪzniːˌlænd/

    Full definition of Disneyland

    Proper noun

    Disneyland

    (plural Disneylands)
    1. The archetypical theme park, located in Anaheim, California.

    Noun

    Disneyland

    (plural Disneylands)
    1. (informal, often derogatory) A place resembling the Disneyland theme park, often typified by a corporately-designed saccharine cheerfulness.
      • 1979, Myron Matlaw (ed.), American popular entertainmentWith its talking statuary, its enormous and elaborate monuments and museums, and its variety of daily shows, it has become a Disneyland of the dead...
      • 1988, The Last Temptation of Christ‎ (in New York Magazine, volume 21, number 34, 29 August 1988)Certainly anyone devoted to maintaining Christ as a lacquered benevolent spirit in a Disneyland of happiness is not going to like this movie.
      • 2007, Valerie Easton, A pattern garden: the essential elements of garden makingThis approach can lead to a Disneyland of a garden that busily vies for attention with the view, bringing out the best in neither.
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