secret society
noun
: any of various oath-bound societies often devoted to brotherhood, moral discipline, and mutual assistance
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Omar finds himself in countless antics in an attempt to get accepted into one of the school’s secret societies.
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Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 8 Mar. 2024
The rare-book library shares an elegant plaza with Yale’s concert hall, the president’s office, the main dining hall, its World War I monument, and the lairs of Book and Snake, and Scroll and Key, two secret societies.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 8 Feb. 2024
Still, the film gets off to a reasonably good start as Aren (Justice Smith), a struggling artist, is recruited to join the secret society by one of its members, Roger (David Alan Grier, easily the movie’s strongest asset), who observes his awkward demeanor toward Whites at an art-gallery event.
—Brian Lowry, CNN, 15 Mar. 2024
This satirical comedy is about a young man who is recruited into a secret society of magical Black people who dedicate their lives to making white people’s lives easier.
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 10 Mar. 2024
Detectives Rea Thomas and Vikram Singh are thrust into a dark world where these bone-chilling murders are not just random acts of violence but also part of a sinister plan orchestrated by a century-old secret society.
—Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Feb. 2024
Written and executive produced by John Lee Hancock, the new show is based on Rice's fictional secret society the Order of the Talamasca, which is featured in several of her novels as psychic detectives who investigate and monitor supernatural beings.
—EW.com, 6 Feb. 2024
Justice Smith plays a man recruited into a secret society named after the trope, whose first assignment grows complicated.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 16 Jan. 2024
There is a secret society of scientists, political leaders, and other scholars who share Ye's sentiment about the state of humanity, which, over time, splits into three competing factions.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 9 Jan. 2024
Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 8 Mar. 2024
The rare-book library shares an elegant plaza with Yale’s concert hall, the president’s office, the main dining hall, its World War I monument, and the lairs of Book and Snake, and Scroll and Key, two secret societies.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 8 Feb. 2024
Still, the film gets off to a reasonably good start as Aren (Justice Smith), a struggling artist, is recruited to join the secret society by one of its members, Roger (David Alan Grier, easily the movie’s strongest asset), who observes his awkward demeanor toward Whites at an art-gallery event.
—Brian Lowry, CNN, 15 Mar. 2024
This satirical comedy is about a young man who is recruited into a secret society of magical Black people who dedicate their lives to making white people’s lives easier.
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 10 Mar. 2024
Detectives Rea Thomas and Vikram Singh are thrust into a dark world where these bone-chilling murders are not just random acts of violence but also part of a sinister plan orchestrated by a century-old secret society.
—Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Feb. 2024
Written and executive produced by John Lee Hancock, the new show is based on Rice's fictional secret society the Order of the Talamasca, which is featured in several of her novels as psychic detectives who investigate and monitor supernatural beings.
—EW.com, 6 Feb. 2024
Justice Smith plays a man recruited into a secret society named after the trope, whose first assignment grows complicated.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 16 Jan. 2024
There is a secret society of scientists, political leaders, and other scholars who share Ye's sentiment about the state of humanity, which, over time, splits into three competing factions.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 9 Jan. 2024
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