upperworld

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the surface world, contrasted with an underground, submarine, or underworld realm

   The upperworld people lived in daylight while the workers remained below ground.

2. 2
   noun

   heaven or a higher spiritual realm

   The myth promises that the faithful will awaken in the upperworld.

3. 3
   noun

   the socially dominant or elite sphere of a society

   The investigation exposed links between organized crime and the political upperworld.

A compound of upper + world, formed as the spatial and conceptual opposite of underworld. It can denote the earth's surface, a heavenly realm, or figuratively the visible and privileged levels of society.

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