occultists

Definition of occultistsnext
plural of occultist

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Noun
  • Based on Gege Akutami’s manga, the film follows Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru, two sorcerers tasked with protecting Amanai Riko, a student chosen as the Star Plasma Vessel, while being pursued by curse users and a religious cult.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The sorcerers also reveal that Bruce Banner has become Infinity Hulk, a living vessel for the Infinity Stones.
    Allison DeGrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • With three new magicians, plus the returns of Caplan and Mark Ruffalo’s Dylan (in a brief cameo), the Four Horsemen become eight by the end of the movie.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 23 Nov. 2025
  • How exactly did a movie about magicians, of all things, become a true Hollywood success story?
    Barry Levitt, Time, 15 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Yennefer is gathering mages to help get to him from all angles.
    Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • One of the greatest of those conjurers is now gone.
    Vann R. Newkirk II, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The growing popularity of Etsy witches is what caught the attention of Rohit Thawani, 44, who works at an advertising agency in Los Angeles.
    Pilar Melendez, NBC news, 26 Dec. 2025
  • In Chiloé Island, Chile, NPR's Michele Kelemen noticed many stores selling images of witches.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 18 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Hale connects that story to another tale that took place in the same wilderness twenty years earlier—a story of a cult, brainwashing, teenage prophets, and murder.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Older Western societies are presented as inherently illiberal, to be contrasted unfavorably with the perfectly liberal society promised by the prophets of the progressive future.
    Peter D'Abrosca, FOXNews.com, 31 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • The filmmaker’s passion for foolhardy underdogs and train-wreck charmers electrifies this tale of a postwar striver (an unbelievable Timothée Chalamet) trying to make his name in table tennis.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • The Ringbrothers Kingpin was unveiled at the Specialty Equipment Market Association show (SEMA) in Las Vegas, which is a haven for aftermarket wizards, tuners, and auto tinkerers of all stripes.
    Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Even for experienced sorceresses and wizards, chaos comes with a cost.
    Scott Meslow, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
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“Occultists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/occultists. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.

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