spirit world
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7.9
- noun
- /ˈspɪrɪt wɜrld/
- Literature
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mundo espiritual
- In some traditions, shamans are said to travel to the spirit world to communicate with otherworldly beings.
- communicating with the spirit world
- people of the spirit world
I died and went to the spirit world with my wife.
- I died and went to the spirit world with my wife.
- What do you think exists in the spirit world that could be found by taking that journey?
- Because you have to understand also that visions and, and, and the spirit world really does exist if you're using it for positive change.
- So like that's what that's how he sees the spirit world.
- Or we have to do something to make peace with the animal world or with the spirit world, nature world.
Examples
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Senufo women are considered particularly adept at communicating with the spirit world.
Academic text (2003) -
The older I get, the more connected I feel to the spirit world.
Fiction book (1996) -
I died and went to the spirit world with my wife.
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This is all about the spirit world here.
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We have to help her get back to the spirit world.
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What do you think exists in the spirit world that could be found by taking that journey?
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In order to come close to the spirit world, a person must be alone and removed from ordinary events.
Academic text (1996) -
When he told his tale, all knew he had traveled into the spirit world.
Fiction book (1999) -
She's a medium who can make contact with the spirit world.
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Within Igbo religious cosmology, white has symbolic significance, associated with the purity of the spirit world.
Academic text (2003)
Synonyms
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8.8
A dark world below the earth where the dead live
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6.9
A place beyond the life we can see and touch where gods and unseen beings live
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9.9
A place beyond the living world where spirits live
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a realm where spiritual beings exist' is directly and compositionally derived from combining 'spirit' (incorporeal being) with 'world' (a realm or sphere). This noun+noun compound follows a common, cross-linguistic pattern (e.g. 'mundo de espíritus', 'monde des esprits') and would be readily inferable by a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
The phrase spirit world comes from the simple image of a separate world where spirits or souls live unseen outside our everyday life. So today spirit world means 'a place where spiritual beings or ghosts exist'.