underworld – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
underworld
n.
criminal domain, organized crime; hell, netherworld, Hades; (Religion) of or pertaining tot the world of the dead; world existing beneath (for example beneath the surface of the sea)
Underworld
The
underworld or
netherworld is an
otherworld thought to be deep underground or beneath the surface of the
world in most
religions and
mythologies. Typically it is a place where the
souls of the departed go, an
afterlife or a
realm of the dead.
Chthonic is the technical adjective for things of the underworld.
underworld
Noun
1. the criminal class
(hypernym) class, social class, socio-economic class
(member-meronym) organized crime, gangland, gangdom
2. (religion) the world of the dead; "he didn't want to go to hell when he died"
(synonym) Hel, Hell, Hades, infernal region, netherworld, Scheol
(hypernym) imaginary place, mythical place
(part-meronym) Acheron, River Acheron
(classification) religion, faith, religious belief
underworld
n.
kriminální podsvětí
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