Living things and World

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World and living things are semantically related. In some cases you can use "World" instead a noun phrase "Living things".

World noun - Human beings in general.

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Living things and world are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Living things" instead a noun "World".

Nearby Words: worldly, worldling

In an interesting variation, in The Kalevala there is a giant world tree, but it is an evil thing that prevents light from reaching the earth and suffocates all other living things.

Source: World Tree
This is powerful enough to effect the whole world, apparently, and even seems to affect Spirits which would not technically be considered "living things" (like Machine monsters).

Source: Enemy to All Living Things
The narrator thinks of this as somehow connected to her dual nature - one side of her seems to care for all living things and the planet as a whole, while the other side seems to care about everything in the world except human beings.

Source: Duality Motif

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