upperworld

== English == === Etymology === From upper +‎ world. === Noun === upperworld (plural upperworlds) Heaven. The surface of the earth, as opposed to the underworld (Hades), or to underground or submarine places. The higher-ranking part of a society; an elite. 2015, Klaus von Lampe, Organized Crime (page 277) Up to this level, the drug traffickers, according to Lupsha, tended "to be outside the legitimate political upperworld of Mexican elite life and national politics" (Lupsha, 1991, p. 43).