Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A world or existence beyond earthly reality.
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- noun A world beyond death; an
afterlife . - noun A world other than the everyday world.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an abstract spiritual world beyond earthly reality
Etymologies
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Examples
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Ruling over this otherworld is an oppressive hierarchy known as the Magisterium, which is guilty of the unforgivable sin of (horrors!) telling people what to do.
Archive 2007-12-01 2007
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Ruling over this otherworld is an oppressive hierarchy known as the Magisterium, which is guilty of the unforgivable sin of (horrors!) telling people what to do.
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It can summon the headless warrior, the greatest swordsman in otherworld with the spell, ‘come forth warrior, the battle has just begun,’ and to send him away, ‘its warrior this battle is done.’
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » David’s Second Review Forum 2009
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SF/F has always questioned the status quo, imagined alternatives, and looked at assumptions and prejudices in otherworld settings that let us see the absurdities.
April 2007 2007
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SF/F has always questioned the status quo, imagined alternatives, and looked at assumptions and prejudices in otherworld settings that let us see the absurdities.
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I thought the addition of the Elves as a society amidst the 'otherworld' was a great.
Sound Off: Hellboy II: The Golden Army - What Did You Think? « FirstShowing.net 2008
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The entire purpose of holidays is that they are a kind of otherworld we step into, full of special symbols, that informs and shapes everyday life--and some of life, no matter how some bloggers would like to deny it in their Grinchitude, is always everyday.
On Valentine's Day yuki_onna 2010
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The entire purpose of holidays is that they are a kind of otherworld we step into, full of special symbols, that informs and shapes everyday life--and some of life, no matter how some bloggers would like to deny it in their Grinchitude, is always everyday.
Tweets for Today yuki_onna 2009
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The Nightside is a kind of otherworld othercity? parallel to London and vaguely accessible from London through various portals disguised, for example, as tube station maintenance closets.
Archive 2009-04-26 2009
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In both the games and the film, Silent Hill exists on at least two levels - the town itself and "otherworld," a bleak dimension that operates alongside reality, or on top of it, or within it ... but separate from it.
Silent Hill moriarty6 2006
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