afterlife

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A conscious existence after death

   A conscious existence after death; a supernatural life that follows one's natural life, in some worldviews.

   • Many religious people believe in an afterlife.
   • Read in euery Starre, and let the Moone be your Candle to doe it, the prouident disposition of God, the eternitie of your after-life.
   • 1715, Alexander Pope, The Temple of Fame, London: Bernard Lintott, Note to p. 16, ver. 5, Those heroick Barbarians accounted it a Dishonour to die in their Beds, and rush’d on to certain Death in the Prospect of an After-Life […]
2. 2

   The place believed to be inhabited by people who have died.

   • You'll reunite later, somewhere in the afterlife.
   • There were human cultures that taught an afterlife of the blessed on mountaintops or in clouds, in caverns or oases, but she could not recall any in which if you were very, very good when you died you went to the beach.
3. 3

   The part of a person's life that follows a particular stage or event

   The part of a person's life that follows a particular stage or event; later life.

   • They say that life begins at 40, but right now I'm more interested in the afterlife that begins at 65!
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   1. 4

      The effects of a person's actions, or their reputation, after death.

      • The philanthropic endowment that she bequeathed gave her an ongoing afterlife.
   2. 5

      The events or situations that result from a particular event

      The events or situations that result from a particular event; the later reception, consumption or reworking of something, especially a cultural production such as a film, book, etc.

      • The 1970s TV show M*A*S*H had a long afterlife in syndication.
      • Europe in the Twenties and especially the Thirties entered a twilight zone between the afterlife of one war and the looming anticipation of another.

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