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or jinn
also djinni
or djinn
as in genie
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Recent Examples of jinni
Poltergeists, jinn, and the Ghost of Christmas Past all count as metaphysical entities.
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Big Think, 13 Dec. 2024
The jinni has kept the woman locked in a glass chest, deep in the sea, but that hasn’t stopped her from sleeping with ninety-eight other men.
—Yasmine Al-Sayyad, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2022
Traditionally, jinn aren't seen as good or evil, and that moral ambiguity carries over to the series.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 23 June 2019
Next to me was Said Suleiman Mohammed, herbalist and jinni hunter.
—Justin Fornal, National Geographic, 29 Jan. 2016
Although they are believed to exist in an endless variety of manifestations, negative and positive, jinn are most commonly thought to invade the homes and bodies of humans to cause distress.
—Justin Fornal, National Geographic, 29 Jan. 2016
Big Think, 13 Dec. 2024
The jinni has kept the woman locked in a glass chest, deep in the sea, but that hasn’t stopped her from sleeping with ninety-eight other men.
—Yasmine Al-Sayyad, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2022
Traditionally, jinn aren't seen as good or evil, and that moral ambiguity carries over to the series.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 23 June 2019
Next to me was Said Suleiman Mohammed, herbalist and jinni hunter.
—Justin Fornal, National Geographic, 29 Jan. 2016
Although they are believed to exist in an endless variety of manifestations, negative and positive, jinn are most commonly thought to invade the homes and bodies of humans to cause distress.
—Justin Fornal, National Geographic, 29 Jan. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jinni
Noun
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Yet for customers whose details were exposed, the genie is already out of the bottle.—
Kate O'Flaherty,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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The actor's physical form matched the energy of his voice as the effervescent genie in 1992's Aladdin.—
Nate Jones,
People.com,
11 Aug. 2025
Noun
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But the angel who answered the 83-year-old Century Village resident’s prayers was not her sister, Tooter said.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
15 Aug. 2025
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The reveal of Eli’s angel investor opens the door for Hank to … well, fix everything with a good speech.—
Genevieve Koski,
Vulture,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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This is a pen that is both weighty and lighthearted – fitting for the home of Bilbo and Frodo Baggins, whose life of bonhomie and good cheer was disrupted by adventure and dragons and ring wraiths and war.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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The First Shadow was an effect as magical as the telekinetic wraiths emanating above the actors’ bodies.—
Taylor Antrim,
Vogue,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Jinni.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jinni. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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