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单词 afterworld
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afterworld

[ af-ter-wurld, ahf- ]
/ ˈæf tərˌwɜrld, ˈɑf- /
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noun

the future world, especially the world after death.

Origin of afterworld

First recorded in 1590–1600; after + world

Words nearby afterworld

aftertreatment, afterward, afterwards, afterword, afterwork, afterworld, afteryears, AFTN, aftosa, AFTRA, afunctional occlusion
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Example sentences from the Web for 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|DAILY BEAST
  • 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
/ (ˈɑːftəˌwɜːld) /

noun

a world inhabited after death
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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