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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
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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
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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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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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And if that doesn’t work, whoever Trump chooses instead of Gaetz will almost certainly be just as destructive, if less flamboyant in his immorality and lust for attention.Michelle Goldberg, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
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The park, which is now recognized for its inky black skies, has long protected a sprawling system of caves and passages that offer their own brand of darkness.Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 6 Dec. 2024
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As to a different kind of darkness, I was impressed by Sebastian Stan as a young Donald Trump in The Apprentice.David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 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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“Satanism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/satanism. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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