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afterlife

afterlife

103 5.1
A life people believe exists after a person dies
  • noun
  • /ˈæftərˌlaɪf/
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  • Religious teachings often include descriptions of the afterlife and the fate of the soul.
  • believe in the afterlife
  • belief in the afterlife
  • death and the afterlife

So I was interested in, you know, ideas of the afterlife and the soul.

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Examples

  • But his journey through the afterlife is about to be interrupted.

  • Our faith offers an afterlife.

  • So I was interested in, you know, ideas of the afterlife and the soul.

  • And I believe that what a wild adventure to walk into the afterlife with your daughter or with your father.

  • Your family will meet you in the afterlife.

  • If she suffered enough on this earth, the afterlife would take care of itself.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • And quite commonly religion involves belief in an afterlife, but not all.

  • Both attempt to present a case for believing in an afterlife that has some scientific credibility.

    Academic text (1998)
  • So it's your good deeds come back to you and your bad deeds in the afterlife come back to affect you.

  • You'll have plenty of time to bond in the afterlife.

Synonyms

eternal life
vsafterlife
46 7.4

Life that continues forever after death

is the general post-death existence, not necessarily eternal
hereafter
vsafterlife
  • Literature
10 8.4

Life after death that some people believe in

is the common general term for existence after physical death
the great beyond
vsafterlife
2 8.6

A place people imagine where they go after they die

is the neutral term for existence after death, not poetic or vague
afterworld
vsafterlife
  • Literature
1 8.4

A place or life people believe exists after death

is the neutral idea of existence after death without mythological emphasis
life eternal
vsafterlife
  • Literature
1 7.9

An endless state of being after death

focuses on post-death existence but does not always stress eternal duration
timeless existence
vsafterlife
  • Literature
9.3

A state with no beginning or end, like life after death

refers to existence after death but may not imply timelessness

Antonyms

1.0

The end of a living thing's life

5 7.0

A state in which something is not there

Compounds

1 8.9

A path a person follows after they die, often in religious stories

How Pleasant

heaven
237 1.0
afterlife
103 5.1
underworld
  • Literature
51 7.2
hell
581 2.1

Surface Forms

afterlife singular
afterlives plural

Morphology

afterlife = life (semi-transparent) = after + life

The components 'after' and 'life' are clear, but the specific meaning of 'existence after death' is a cultural and philosophical concept not directly implied by the components. [Postprocessing: moved 'after' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Afterlife comes from the simple English parts after ('after') and life ('life'), so it names the 'life' people imagine comes 'after' death, like a second life after this one.