as in underworld
a social sphere that exists outside of the mainstream a report on the demiworld of drug addiction

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Noun
  • During one storyline, Angela travels to the Norse underworld known as Hel to resurrect Sera after her death.
    Abby Monteil, Them., 9 Sep. 2025
  • He is soon pulled into an underworld of drugs, violence, escalating dangers and missing bodies.
    The Know, Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Reviews were mixed at the time, but that deep-dive into the widening mental abyss of a hypochondriac playwright (played by Philip Seymour Hoffman) has only grown in esteem over time.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Some vociferously insist that nobody of their right mind would ever fall into the AI psychosis abyss.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
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“Demiworld.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demiworld. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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