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Definition of "afterlife" []

  • A life or existence believed to follow death. (noun)
  • The part of one's life that follows a particular event. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "afterlife" in a sentence
  • "Uncertainty about the afterlife is the human condition."
  • "Learning that the afterlife is a lie and souls live on through computer "death switches"."
  • "There is no judgment in what you call the afterlife … there is no accounting, no one giving “thumbs up” or “thumbs down.”"