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Recent Examples of satanism
Images that show 'satanism in public schools' are digital creations
Though the woman was correct in noting the chain celebrated the Mercury retrograde in 2022 by offering free tarot card readings, there's no evidence McDonald's ever sold any demonic merchandise.
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Hannah Hudnall, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2024
The claim: Images show evidence of 'satanism in public schools'
An Aug. 22 Facebook video (direct link, archive link) shows a person talking alongside images of schoolchildren wearing horns and sitting around a pentagram.
—Chris Mueller, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2023
Vladimir Putin attacked the U.S. for satanism and denounced the many genders in fashion in the West.
—William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2022
Popular culture and social media have also ferried ideas about satanism and widespread child abuse from fringe to the mainstream.
—Brandy Zadrozny, NBC News, 14 Sep. 2022
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Hannah Hudnall, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2024
The claim: Images show evidence of 'satanism in public schools'
An Aug. 22 Facebook video (direct link, archive link) shows a person talking alongside images of schoolchildren wearing horns and sitting around a pentagram.
—Chris Mueller, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2023
Vladimir Putin attacked the U.S. for satanism and denounced the many genders in fashion in the West.
—William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2022
Popular culture and social media have also ferried ideas about satanism and widespread child abuse from fringe to the mainstream.
—Brandy Zadrozny, NBC News, 14 Sep. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for satanism
Noun
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Both Toth’s notoriety and his victimization stem from Corbet’s flirtation with diabolism as the essence of civilization.—
Armond White,
National Review,
3 Jan. 2025
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Whatever their theme — spectral invasion, diabolism, shape-changing — Blackwood expertly builds up an atmosphere of the otherworldly coupled with the spiritually threatening.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
9 Dec. 2020
Noun
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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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Donald Trump and Elon Musk and their universe of sycophants who worship wickedness can’t be changed by continues eye contact.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
Noun
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Far from an expression of compassion toward animals, it was inspired by a sense of all fleshy things as evil.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
4 Aug. 2025
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There’s no such thing as good and evil, according to parole boards.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
2 Aug. 2025
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The immorality and inhumanity of these acts have cascaded through families, friends, and communities.—
Nick Gauthier,
Hartford Courant,
7 July 2025
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In a Code world, no film should risk lowering an audience’s moral standards nor should evil or immorality be presented except as a cautionary tale.—
Betsy Golden Kellem,
JSTOR Daily,
25 June 2025
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Meanwhile Vrabel had retired from the NFL, just in time to join Fickell and help lead their alma mater out of the darkness.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
7 Aug. 2025
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Kelly Osbourne is paying tribute to her father, Ozzy, the prince of darkness.—
Lexi Carson,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Aug. 2025
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Matriarch Poser, who has a Colleen Dewhurst-like gravity of presence, brings nary a hint of camp or stock bwa-ha-ha villainy to her striking characterization.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
31 July 2025
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Lex is a tech billionaire very much in the Musk/Zuckerberg mode, but Hoult gives him sufficient ambiguity to blur the lines of his villainy between someone genuinely concerned about humankind in thrall to an alien and someone who just wants absolute power at any price.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
8 July 2025
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“Satanism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/satanism. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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