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Recent Examples of diabolism
Whatever their theme — spectral invasion, diabolism, shape-changing — Blackwood expertly builds up an atmosphere of the otherworldly coupled with the spiritually threatening.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for diabolism
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With townspeople convinced that the athlete was sucked up by the waves of satanism spreading across the country, a group of outcasts in a band named Dethkrunch decides to lean into the panic, turning the members into targets themselves.Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2024
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Meanwhile, Ben’s found a former member of the troupe who made a video accusing the group of recruiting her for satanism.Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 27 June 2024
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In his book, Maguire explored the origin of the Wicked Witch, and asks how much of her wickedness was imposed upon her by a cruel and deceptive society.Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
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Was wickedness thrust upon Jon M. Chu’s movie adaptation of Wicked by the critics?Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
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As the film’s wealthy Pennsylvania industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren, Pearce creates a psychologically penetrating portrait of a man who is by turns generous and predatory, inquisitive and closed off, someone who ultimately reveals himself to be capable of true evil.Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
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The show felt joyously anarchic and kind of evil at the same time.Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 19 Dec. 2024
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Star Wars Outlaws Welcome to a wretched hive of scum and villainy.Richard Newby, TIME, 5 Dec. 2024
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In the first installment of the two-film Wicked story, which has broken box office records and taken over the internet since its release November 22, Bode’s portrayal of Nessa arguably tees up the character's complex villainy for the second installment.James Factora, Them, 2 Dec. 2024
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What captivated me about the series was its unwillingness to sugarcoat the immorality of man.Jason Parham, WIRED, 26 Dec. 2024
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The history of medicine is too littered with incompetence and immorality to believe that doctors have always been worthy of this status.Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2024
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Though the Earth's tilt is responsible for the extra darkness on Saturday, bi-annual time changes are the work of humans.Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
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The darkness injected by that film's director Zack Snyder is replaced with blue skies and hope.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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And some will remember the evildoing of those who confected the Trump-Russia hoax, the obstructionist chicanery of the authors of the impeachment trial, and the questionable conduct of the Democratic candidate and his family in dubious financial endeavors in Ukraine and China.Conrad Black, National Review, 14 Oct. 2020
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The greater the barriers to evildoing, the greater the chances of discouraging causal efforts and upping the ante for the determined cyber crooks.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2023
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Anyone capable of the atrocities that Vick was responsible for is beyond redemption.Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
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For years, as reports of atrocities filtered out, Bashar al-Assad remained in power, propped up by Russian and Iranian allies.Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Diabolism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diabolism. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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