Spirit World (Noun)
Meaning
Any imaginary place where spiritual beings (demons or fairies or angels or the like) abide; "science has emptied the spirit world of its former inhabitants".
Classification
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
Examples
- The shaman claimed to have communicated with the spirit world to guide her tribe's decisions.
- In many cultures, the spirit world is believed to be inhabited by ancestral spirits who continue to influence the lives of their descendants.
- The fantasy novel was set in a richly detailed spirit world, where magic was a powerful force that shaped the lives of all who lived there.
- According to tradition, the spirit world was a place where the souls of the dead awaited judgment, surrounded by a multitude of supernatural beings.
- The idea of a spirit world was central to the indigenous culture's cosmology, and was seen as an integral part of their everyday reality.