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
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The crime drama follows a small-time Chinatown luxury counterfeit dealer who enters a dangerous black-market underworld in order to fund a life of suburban respectability for her family.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
25 Sep. 2025 -
Bruno himself is preëxistingly missing, having vanished some years earlier, when things started getting uncomfortably hot in the cheese underworld.—
Kathryn Schulz,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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These fishes also really highlight the diversity of snailfishes in the abyss.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
19 Sep. 2025
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Black Rabbit begins in media res, zooming out from a wallpaper full of rabbits — some mid-hop, others staring fearfully into the abyss with wide, dark pools for eyes.—
Andy Andersen,
Vulture,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Demiworld.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demiworld. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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