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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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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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Speaking after him, another pastor compared Austin to Nineveh, a city associated with wickedness in the Old Testament.—
Bayliss Wagner,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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Our empathy keeps getting used to excuse evil.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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The courtroom thriller dramatizes the first international tribunal against surviving Nazi leaders, probing not only their crimes but also the nature of evil itself.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
7 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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Folklore portrays them as menacing figures lurking in the darkness who can possess those who wander too far from home.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
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Aesthetically and emotionally, Swag II is dawn chasing darkness away.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
5 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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What if the atrocities amount to genocide?—
Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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So much atrocity, so much terror is unbearable.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Diabolism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diabolism. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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