as in underworld
a social sphere that exists outside of the mainstream
the shadowy netherworld of all-night raves
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But as any cinephile will tell you, there’s no bridging the gap between the real world and the cinematic netherworld once the credits roll.
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Andy Andersen, Vulture, 6 Apr. 2024
And how can Turkey possibly face the prospect of sliding toward the financial netherworld?
—Tom Keatinge, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2014
Beginning his act while seated in the audience, with a cowboy hat obscuring his impossibly angular features, Gosling was in character as the woebegone Ken, a macho hunk doomed to play beta in the toy netherworld of Barbie.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2024
Brown dwarfs exist in a kind of netherworld category between planets and stars.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 19 Jan. 2024
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Andy Andersen, Vulture, 6 Apr. 2024
And how can Turkey possibly face the prospect of sliding toward the financial netherworld?
—Tom Keatinge, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2014
Beginning his act while seated in the audience, with a cowboy hat obscuring his impossibly angular features, Gosling was in character as the woebegone Ken, a macho hunk doomed to play beta in the toy netherworld of Barbie.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2024
Brown dwarfs exist in a kind of netherworld category between planets and stars.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 19 Jan. 2024
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“Netherworld.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/netherworld. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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