Dream and Rapture

Dream

Dream noun - A conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality.

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Rapture and dream are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rapture" instead a noun "Dream".

Nearby Words: dreamy, dreaming, dreaminess, dreamed, dreamily

Rapture noun - A state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion.

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Dream and rapture are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dream" instead a noun "Rapture".

true	true dream	true rapture
single	single dream	single rapture
romantic	romantic dream	romantic rapture
entire	entire dream	entire rapture
Other adjectives: sexual, ultimate, greatest, utopian, terrifying.

During the Little Sister sequence in Bioshock 2, the city of Rapture becomes significantly more serene and dream-like.

Source: Painting the Medium
Utopia Justifies the Means: Ironically, Ryan is forced to turn Rapture into a police state in order to protect his Objectivist Libertarian dream city.

Source: Video Game / BioShock
For example despite Siren Alley being filled with her followers, she floods it to prove "She isn't a tyrant vying for control of a dead mans dream." Even at the end she was perfectly willing to abandon Rapture, and its inhabitants to its fate, if it meant escaping.

Source: Video Game / BioShock 2

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