as in demonic
of, relating to, or worthy of an evil spirit
the movie's villain wore a Luciferian expression of supreme confidence
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Adjective
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Two shows – Beetlejuice and Waiting For Godot – closed last week, with the demonic musical posting a big $311,282 gain over the previous week, taking in $1,373,691 and selling 96% of its seats.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
6 Jan. 2026 -
Twin Peaks is a world rife with magic and mystery, filled with demonic possessions, time travel, parallel dimensions, and ritual sacrifice.—
James Mercadante,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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But as old tensions flare between them, Katie begins to experience terrifying visions and a ghostly presence warning of something sinister lurking aboard.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
6 Nov. 2025
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Which casts a show seemingly designed to bypass all judgments with respect to storytelling and taste, gliding straight to the pleasure center of some imaginary horny, enraged, shopaholic feminine id, in a fairly sinister light.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Andrea stayed home to homeschool the children, a decision rooted in Woroniecki’s belief that public schools were satanic.—
Samantha Stutsman,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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The Hellfire Club was just a Dungeons & Dragons club that the boys belonged to, but after the town’s series of murders, people began to think of it as a satanic club and suspected Eddie of the crimes.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
26 Nov. 2025
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“Luciferian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Luciferian. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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