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Recent Examples of diabolism
Both Toth’s notoriety and his victimization stem from Corbet’s flirtation with diabolism as the essence of civilization.
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Armond White, National Review, 3 Jan. 2025
Whatever their theme — spectral invasion, diabolism, shape-changing — Blackwood expertly builds up an atmosphere of the otherworldly coupled with the spiritually threatening.
—Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2020
Armond White, National Review, 3 Jan. 2025
Whatever their theme — spectral invasion, diabolism, shape-changing — Blackwood expertly builds up an atmosphere of the otherworldly coupled with the spiritually threatening.
—Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for diabolism
Noun
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The Bloody Mary singer has never publicly expressed interest in satanism, and has been vocal about her belief in Christianity.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
People.com,
6 May 2025
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With townspeople convinced that the athlete was sucked up by the waves of satanism spreading across the country, a group of outcasts in a band named Dethkrunch decides to lean into the panic, turning the members into targets themselves.—
Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
23 Oct. 2024
Noun
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When Hedda and Eileen were wild together, Eileen’s drinking and carousing was a problem, but she’s put all that wickedness behind her, mostly thanks to the love of Thea Clifton (a delicate Imogen Poots), who has also just arrived at the mansion for the world’s worst party.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
8 Sep. 2025
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Jew haters have long alleged the wickedness of Israel and its ties with powerful elites across the world.—
Michael S. Roth,
Time,
6 Aug. 2025
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As noted above, the emphasis was on the states of evil, sycophancy, and hallucination.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The third was that the other political party is not just wrong politically but downright evil.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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Ultimately, Nellie’s villainy is discovered and she’s punished by her father, while Laura gets the guy.—
Victoria Edel,
People.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Disneyland has dropped reservation requirements for the once wildly popular Oga’s Cantina six years after the wretched hive of scum and villainy opened to hourslong standby lines that forced the Anaheim theme park to hastily install a reservation system.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
21 Aug. 2025
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Hank isn’t being accused of mere immorality, after all; he’s being accused of rape, which was also a crime back in Kierkegaard’s days.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
29 Aug. 2025
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Beyond the inherent immorality of thoughtlessly torturing and killing birds and wildlife, Death Pipes are an example of the hidden toll that people and their structures are exacting on nature.—
GrrlScientist,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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The darkness not of mystery but of fear.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Sep. 2025
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His beam wavered on a patch of blankness, or the corner of an amp, and then began to roam the stage in desperation, scanning here and scanning there—until, from the darkness, the voice of Bruce Dickinson, Iron Maiden’s singer, was heard.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
12 Sep. 2025
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The series, arranged every year by the Hartford Business Improvement District, opens July 12 with a film where the supernatural evildoing has a Connecticut connection.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
6 June 2025
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The greater the barriers to evildoing, the greater the chances of discouraging causal efforts and upping the ante for the determined cyber crooks.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
3 Jan. 2023
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Graphic videos of both atrocities spread quickly and widely online this week, appearing in people's social media feeds, often with little-to-no warning.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Critics have also pointed to the fact that Japanese educational syllabi have long glossed over wartime atrocities like the Nanjing Massacre.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Diabolism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diabolism. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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