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Nearly 2000 years ago, the empire of Teotihuacan in Mesoamerica embraced the symbolic centrality of snakes in creation myths, both revered and feared for their ability to traverse the boundaries between the natural world and the afterworld.
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Stephen S. Hall, Time, 21 Apr. 2025
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.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 2 Feb. 2023
In the two-hour, 20-minute piece, Kahlo is summoned from the afterworld in 1957 by her dying husband, Mexican muralist Diego Rivera, who wants to see her once again on Dia de los Muertos, Mexico’s Day of the Dead, when souls can return to the living world for 24 hours each Nov. 1.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Oct. 2022
These attitudes slowly shifted around 2000 B.C., when commoners were also granted access to the afterworld as long as their body was mummified, and their valuables were placed into the tomb.
—Donna Sarkar, Discover Magazine, 9 Mar. 2021
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Stephen S. Hall, Time, 21 Apr. 2025
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.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 2 Feb. 2023
In the two-hour, 20-minute piece, Kahlo is summoned from the afterworld in 1957 by her dying husband, Mexican muralist Diego Rivera, who wants to see her once again on Dia de los Muertos, Mexico’s Day of the Dead, when souls can return to the living world for 24 hours each Nov. 1.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Oct. 2022
These attitudes slowly shifted around 2000 B.C., when commoners were also granted access to the afterworld as long as their body was mummified, and their valuables were placed into the tomb.
—Donna Sarkar, Discover Magazine, 9 Mar. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for afterworld
Noun
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In Mother of God, the reader is rooted in the material world, a world of objects, but there’s also a supernatural otherworld.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
23 Dec. 2025
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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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Put a different way, if your series keeps reminding me of a less interesting version of, like, the 2022 Michelle Monaghan doppelgänger dud Echoes, the chances of your series having a memorable afterlife are limited.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Jan. 2026
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While traditional schools continue to teach Rikyū’s disciplined aesthetics, matcha has entered its global afterlife of commercialization and popular culture.—
The Conversation,
The Conversation,
7 Jan. 2026
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But at what price this 2025 sports immortality for Indiana and its fans?—
Dan Shanoff,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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There’s immortality entwined with property acquisition and cadaver dating apps and more than one magical or intergalactic heist!—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Jan. 2026
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“Afterworld.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/afterworld. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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