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If my father's spirit wants to talk to me from the afterworld, then his spirit will have to be the one that reaches out.
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Ew Staff, EW.com, 2 Feb. 2023
For example, such possessions might have been buried with an individual for use in the afterworld.
—Amber Dance, Discover Magazine, 25 June 2020
Tilda Swinton’s benevolent wood sprite also has a more ambiguous twin, who lives in the afterworld, with a group of poker-playing rabbits as her underlings.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 9 Dec. 2022
The show imagines a future 15 years from now, in which people can live beyond their corporeal bodies by uploading their consciousness into a visual afterworld.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 31 Mar. 2022
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Ew Staff, EW.com, 2 Feb. 2023
For example, such possessions might have been buried with an individual for use in the afterworld.
—Amber Dance, Discover Magazine, 25 June 2020
Tilda Swinton’s benevolent wood sprite also has a more ambiguous twin, who lives in the afterworld, with a group of poker-playing rabbits as her underlings.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 9 Dec. 2022
The show imagines a future 15 years from now, in which people can live beyond their corporeal bodies by uploading their consciousness into a visual afterworld.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 31 Mar. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for afterworld
Noun
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Trapped in this otherworld, the only way out is to keep the story moving forward until the end credits roll.—
Dana Feldman,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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Read the full Cancer Daily Horoscope Leo (July 23 - August 22) Connecting with the otherworld?—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Ideally, the prisoner focused only on the afterlife, Terpestra writes, as [p]risoners screaming their innocence or protesting their sentences from the Podesta’s Palace could stir private doubts in the crowded piazza and lead to riots in the street.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
31 July 2025
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But the film embraces a twist on the classic by introducing a supernatural element — the afterlife.—
Mekishana Pierre Published,
EW.com,
29 July 2025
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Advertisement The film builds to a massive showdown at an industrial facility where in an act of redemption, Booker gives his immortality to Andy.—
Rory Doherty,
Time,
2 July 2025
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For the 2017 film adaptation It and its 2019 sequel, Pennywise was given a more old-school look with the character’s costuming and makeup reflecting past eras as a nod to his immortality.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
9 May 2025
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“Afterworld.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/afterworld. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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