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1. afterlife
noun. ['ˈæftɝˌlaɪf'] life after death.
Antonyms
Etymology
- after (English)
- after (Middle English (1100-1500))
- life (English)
- lif (Middle English (1100-1500))
Rhymes with Afterlife
- birdlife
- counterlife
- herbalife
- herbalife
- metlife
- midlife
- nightlife
- southlife
- wildlife
Sentences with afterlife
1. Noun, singular or mass
In all of these cases, some food would be set aside to nourish the deceased in the afterlife.
Quotes about afterlife
1. We're so terrified of death in Western culture that we have to make up a myth of an afterlife. I think there's something to be said for living your life very mindful of the fact that you're going to die because I think you carry yourself differently. It doesn't have to be this big, negative bummer.
- Steve Earle
2. People, I thought, wanted security. They couldn't bear the idea of death being a big black nothing, couldn't bear the thought of their loved ones not existing, and couldn't even imagine themselves not existing. I finally decided that people believed in an afterlife because they couldn't bear not to.
- John Green, Looking for Alaska
3. He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn't an afterlife.
- Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything