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world's soul

world's soul is the alternative form of world soul.

Meaning of world soul

Noun

world soul (plural world souls)

  1. A single, unifying spirit believed by some to animate every living being in the world and to underlie the value of every inanimate thing as well.
    • You, to whom love was peace, that now is rage;
      Who did the whole world's soul contract, and drove
      Into the glasses of your eyes1633, John Donne, The Canonization
    Synonyms:
    anima mundi

Forms of world's soul

pluralworld's souls

Questions about world's soul

What is world's soul the alternative form of?
World's soul is the alternative form of world soul.

Words near world's soul in the dictionary

  1. world's greatest athlete
  2. world's oldest profession
  3. world's record
  4. world's records
  5. world's smallest violin
  6. world's soul
  7. world's tiniest violin
  8. world-ash
  9. world-beater
  10. world-beaters
  11. world-beating

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