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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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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
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In this riposte to #MeToo diabolism, Tarantino finally finds a social context that challenges his audience.—
Armond White,
National Review,
26 July 2019
Noun
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The Year of the Dragon, which began on Feb. 10, 2024, ended Tuesday to begin the Year of the Snake. Snakes in Chinese mythology aren't manifestations of wickedness or evil as in Western cultures.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
29 Jan. 2025
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Less familiar is the part that his American wife, Fanny Stevenson (née Van de Grift), played in juicing up the story’s plot to establish Edward Hyde’s wickedness early on.—
Tobias Grey,
airmail.news,
10 Aug. 2024
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More specifically, the two gatekeepers are tasked with preventing whatever evil lurks at the bottom of the ravine from getting out into the world.—
Brian Davids,
The Hollywood Reporter,
11 Feb. 2025
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Prosecutors had depicted the ladies on death row—some of whom had been judged guilty of killing their own children—as embodiments of evil.—
Daniel Zalewski,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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The film cares more for Romy’s enveloping sense of self than the depths of her immorality.—
Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
26 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
Noun
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But when the camera cut to Lamar, he was crouched down, mumbling quickly, shrouded in darkness—and performing not a hit, but a snippet of a 2024 verse that didn’t even make it onto his recent album, GNX.—
Andrew R. Chow,
TIME,
10 Feb. 2025
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In the pre-dawn darkness an hour before the start of the season, the sounds and lights of snowmobiles and A.T.V.s ricocheted across the lake as fishers ferried their gear to their shanties.—
Brian Kaiser,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2025
Noun
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As the cast voted out Bob with literal tears in their eyes, the queen of queens rose to deliver a final address that will live in the annals of TV villainy forever.—
Samantha Riedel,
Them,
17 Jan. 2025
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Now we’re left with Salley, the victim, who at least has a hot boyfriend (in need of a haircut) and enough villainy in her to make the peripheral story lines at least a little interesting.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Satanism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/satanism. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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