Satanism
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- noun
- /ˈseɪtənɪzəm/
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satanismo
- "But you can see, just from that much, that it's Satanism, pure and simple.
- orthodox Satanism
It'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.
Academic text (2016) -
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).
Academic text (2014) -
Many scholars study Satanism to understand its historical and cultural significance.
Synonyms
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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
The worship of devils or Satan
To pray to devils or evil spirits, often using special rituals
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.