Satanism
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- noun
- /ˈseɪtənɪzəm/
- "But you can see, just from that much, that it's Satanism, pure and simple.
- orthodox Satanism
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Watch on YouTubeIt's a great place to get baptized and also fall into Satanism.
- It's a great place to get baptized and also fall into Satanism.
- And so once you start to realize that Satanism is real, that these people who created everything that we view in Western society to be real, believed in Satan, right?
- Other newspapers wrote loads of articles about Savile without even mentioning Satanism or SRA once.
Examples
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Did you ever hear of Satanism, the worship of the devil, of evil?
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I told Damien that I want to learn more about Satanism.
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Please explain in your own words what Satanism is about.
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There is definitely a connection between hard metal music and Satanism.
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Yet she does not marry Ted or practice Satanism with Steve.
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UW: Clearly there is much more to Satanism than some strange, brooding occultism.
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UW: Many people seem to hold misconceptions about Satanism and what it entails.
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I'm a special consultant to the NYPD involving cults and satanism, mostly on homicide cases.
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In an immediate sense, Levin drew upon media revelations about Satanism in the California counterculture (something that predated the moral panics about Satanist sects in the 1980s).
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Many scholars study Satanism to understand its historical and cultural significance.
Synonyms
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To pray to devils or evil spirits, often using special rituals
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Belief in or worship of devils, especially Satan
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Belief in or worship of evil spirits like Satan
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The worship of devils or Satan
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The worship of demons or evil spirits, often in secret ceremonies
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Satanism comes from Satan, a name in Hebrew that means 'adversary' or 'accuser', and the ending -ism, which means 'belief' or 'system'. So Satanism literally means a set of beliefs connected with Satan, which is why it refers to worship of Satan or related practices.