satanism

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Recent Examples of satanism The claim: Images show evidence of 'satanism in public schools' An Aug. 22 Facebook video (direct link, archive link) shows a person talking alongside images of schoolchildren wearing horns and sitting around a pentagram. Chris Mueller, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2023 Vladimir Putin attacked the U.S. for satanism and denounced the many genders in fashion in the West. William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2022 Popular culture and social media have also ferried ideas about satanism and widespread child abuse from fringe to the mainstream. Brandy Zadrozny, NBC News, 14 Sep. 2022 That’s the good satanism. James Wood, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2022 See all Example Sentences for satanism 
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Noun
  • Whatever their theme — spectral invasion, diabolism, shape-changing — Blackwood expertly builds up an atmosphere of the otherworldly coupled with the spiritually threatening.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2020
  • In this riposte to #MeToo diabolism, Tarantino finally finds a social context that challenges his audience.
    Armond White, National Review, 26 July 2019
Noun
  • Bre works hard to convince us that she’s conflicted over what to do with this information and is sympathetic to Chelsea’s plight, but Amanda Lynn radiates a wickedness that undercuts however decent Bre is trying to be here.
    Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2024
  • When not sparring with the resolute Tell, Gessler is oft accompanied by snooty henchmen and a rebellious princess (Emily Beecham), giving him plenty of outlets to flex his wickedness.
    J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 11 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • But did the Stanford experiment really offer anything conclusive about the nature of evil?
    Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • The deity is also linked to earthquakes, thunder, darkness, storms, and death and was widely regarded as the most powerful force of evil in Egyptian theology.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The series, which ran from 1999 to 2006, depicted Washington as a place where despite the politicking and immorality, the Constitution prevailed.
    Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
  • To make its new version of Cleo a crusader, the series has to make the Black community around her incredibly susceptible to superstition and immorality, and that’s a crummy bargain.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 July 2024
Noun
  • Finally, with a twist of the ambient magnetic field, tiny tornadoes swirl into existence, pirouetting in the darkness.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Highway 59 from Watts to West Siloam Springs was shrouded in darkness after the storm passed.
    Tracy Neal, arkansasonline.com, 4 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • For the perpetually put-upon Rhiannon, victimhood and villainy are two sides of the same coin.
    Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Oct. 2024
  • The closest any of his star turns have come to villainy are the first and fourth Rambo films, but Rambo is Frankenstein’s monster, not Dracula.
    Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2024

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“Satanism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/satanism. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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