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Year: 2005 Director: Francis Lawrence Runtime: 2h 1m Another in the long line of post-Matrix messianic, pseudo-superhero roles for Keanu Reeves, which is a big problem because the Hellblazer comic this film is based on has a lot more going on than just being a Reeves vehicle.
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Tim Grierson, Vulture, 11 July 2025
But these guys do seem to give themselves this sort of messianic quality, right?
—Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2025
That sort of rhetoric might land better coming from a more traditional teachers union focused mainly on the classroom, but not from this messianic group of ultra-leftists.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2025
By contrast, Israel’s unplanned war in Gaza has seen no such resolution and steadily devolved into a messianic power grab by Israel’s far right.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 13 June 2025
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Tim Grierson, Vulture, 11 July 2025
But these guys do seem to give themselves this sort of messianic quality, right?
—Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2025
That sort of rhetoric might land better coming from a more traditional teachers union focused mainly on the classroom, but not from this messianic group of ultra-leftists.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2025
By contrast, Israel’s unplanned war in Gaza has seen no such resolution and steadily devolved into a messianic power grab by Israel’s far right.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for messianic
Adjective
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These days, a stan is simply a zealous fan, though the negative connotations still persist.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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Their zealous fans are starving for some type of success, and Jeanty simply has too much potential to be wasted as a result of putting himself in harm's way too often.—
Robert Marvi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Aug. 2025
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But, because mange often accompanies secondary infections and nutritional imbalances, treatment in the wild is impractical, making the work at Walden's Puddle and other rehabilitation facilities all the more important, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency Communications Manager Jason Harmon said.—
Katie Nixon,
Nashville Tennessean,
5 Sep. 2025
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The internet faced ridicule for its impractical nature during its initial development phase.—
Sadhasivam Mohanadas,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Watch Shiva Baby on Netflix Trainwreck Making her film debut, Amy Schumer (who also wrote the screenplay) takes the lead in this 2015 romantic dramedy as Amy Townsend, a carefree, hedonistic magazine writer raised to believe that monogamy is unrealistic.—
James Mercadante,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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But for as long as social media is a part of the childhood experience, parents and children will be forced to navigate this confusing world of misinformation and unrealistic messaging.—
Ashleigh N. DeLuca,
Parents,
4 Sep. 2025
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But to envision Mars as some sort of utopian substitute for Earth is truly delusional.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
29 Aug. 2025
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The cottage retains its utopian squalor.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Aug. 2025
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Therefore the most sentimental and profound gratitude and lifetime of debt.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
EW.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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The wedding comes one year after the Sound of Music theater actress announced the couple’s engagement on Instagram alongside a sentimental piano performance dedicated to her husband-to-be at the time.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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“Messianic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/messianic. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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