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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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for satanism
Noun
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Both Toth’s notoriety and his victimization stem from Corbet’s flirtation with diabolism as the essence of civilization.—
Armond White,
National Review,
3 Jan. 2025
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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
Noun
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The tinny, atmospheric beat escalates the wickedness, like a party that ends with a seance.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
7 Mar. 2025
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Or watch Margaret Hamilton terrorize Dorothy before getting the backstory behind her wickedness.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Valentin looking evil as hell in his green collar :) Chelsea’s bright yellow caftan is so hopeful and so sad, somehow.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
7 Apr. 2025
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Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, celebrates the beginning of spring and the the triumph of good over evil.—
Dominick Williams,
Kansas City Star,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Bad things happen when good people tolerate the immorality and lawlessness of a state or federal government.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Feb. 2025
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Segregationists resisted integration by calling it a threat, arguing that interracial relationships would foster immorality.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
8 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Jack Huston finds the light in the darkness with his role in Konstantin Khudyakov’s upcoming film.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
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This strongly suggests that the sudden total darkness and associated changes in wind and temperature were the primary drivers of the observed behavioral shifts.—
Victoria Corless,
Space.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Look, henchwomen are still important archetypes in the world of villainy.—
Samantha Riedel,
Them.,
28 Mar. 2025
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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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“Satanism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/satanism. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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