o|ver|world

o|ver|world «OH vuhr _WURLD», noun.

1. the respectable section of society: »

They lapse in time into what sociologists call a subculture, an underworld of mores subtly opposed to those of the overworld (Maclean's).

2. a section of society seeking privileges because of wealth or position: »

As if the underworld weren't enough of a problem. Dist. Atty. McKesson has come up with something new to worry about, the overworld (Tuscaloosa News).

3. a world above or higher than this; heaven: »

They [primitive men] believed there was an overworld where God resided in space, and an underworld where all departed spirits were gathered together (Edmund Hamilton Sears).