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afterworld

[af-ter-wurld, ahf-]
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noun
  1. the future world, especially the world after death.
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Origin of afterworld

First recorded in 1590–1600; after + world
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Related Words

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

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  • 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.

British Dictionary definitions for afterworld

afterworld

noun
  1. a world inhabited after death
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