afterworld

[af-ter-wurld, ahf-]

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noun

the future world, especially the world after death.

Origin of afterworld

First recorded in 1590–1600; after + world

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Related Words for afterworld

nirvana, immortality, paradise, afterlife, kingdom, atmosphere, upstairs, rapture, ecstasy, Shangri-la, happiness, sky, bliss, harmony, firmament, enchantment, eternity, felicity, hereafter, glory

Examples from the Web for afterworld

Contemporary Examples of afterworld

“Hell exists and it is not in the afterworld,” Father Patriciello told The Daily Beast.
The Mafia Plants Death in Italy’s Land of Mozzarella
Barbie Latza Nadeau
March 20, 2014

Historical Examples of afterworld

Ib, the queen of the afterworld, the goddess of deceased mortals, whose abode is down below the pillars of the world.
The Manbos of Mindano
John M. Garvan
Such imposture, Godwin argued, is as futile as the parallel use by religion of the pains and penalties of the afterworld.
Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle
H. N. Brailsford

British Dictionary definitions for afterworld

afterworld

noun

a world inhabited after death

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