secret society

noun

: any of various oath-bound societies often devoted to brotherhood, moral discipline, and mutual assistance

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Even the film’s eccentricities that do feel out of a Pynchon novel — notably Lockjaw’s desire to join a secret society of white supremacists called the Christmas Adventurers Club — read as plausible in the current political climate. Andrew McGowan, Variety, 26 Sep. 2025 The tale Hero mostly tells is one of three beautiful sisters, the daughters of a merchant, who form a secret society of literate women who collect and record stories. Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025 Sikán, a female figure from the lore of an all-male, Afro-Cuban secret society called the Abakuá, is portrayed holding the fish that sealed her fate. Ana Karina Zatarain, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2025 Talamasca, which will feature IWTV alum Eric Bogosian, focuses on the secret society tasked with keeping track and keeping in line all the witches and vampires littered across the world. Lucy Ford, Time, 28 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for secret society

Word History

First Known Use

1821, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of secret society was in 1821

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“Secret society.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/secret%20society. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.

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