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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for satanism
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
  • The tinny, atmospheric beat escalates the wickedness, like a party that ends with a seance.
    Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Or watch Margaret Hamilton terrorize Dorothy before getting the backstory behind her wickedness.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Eddie Barrish, the financially desperate, hapless criminal in this high-concept thriller, is played by Bill Skarsgard, who for once is on the receiving end of evil.
    Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Givens is an old-fashioned hero in a modern world, dealing with the forces of evil in his corner of Eastern Kentucky, particularly one tough guy played unforgettably by Walton Goggins.
    Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Now, more than two years after the Evros Thirty-eight made landfall on the islet, Little Maria is practically a household name, synonymous with refugees’ immorality and the malfeasance of NGOs and journalists.
    Lauren Markham, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
  • At its core, moral outrage is a response to the feeling that others are acting immorally and that their immorality is destroying society.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Despite this, there are many instances of light counteracting darkness, and plenty of conversation-starters with kids around beauty, empathy, and influence.
    Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Out of all this darkness comes light: the black foil’s silvery underbelly scintillates.
    Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 20 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Look, henchwomen are still important archetypes in the world of villainy.
    Samantha Riedel, Them., 28 Mar. 2025
  • With all due respect to the great Patricia Arquette, the character wasn’t especially missed in her absence, as her villainy and zealotry have tended to be written in a more one-dimensional way than how Severance portrays those same broad ideas with Milchick.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 7 Mar. 2025

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