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diabolism

[ dahy-ab-uh-liz-uhm ]

noun

  1. Theology.
    1. action aided or caused by the devil; sorcery; witchcraft.
    2. the character or condition of a devil.
    3. a doctrine concerning devils.
    4. a belief in or worship of devils.
  2. action befitting the devil; deviltry.


diabolism

/ »å²¹ÉªËˆÃ¦²úəˌ±ôɪ³úÉ™³¾ /

noun

    1. activities designed to enlist the aid of devils, esp in witchcraft or sorcery
    2. worship of devils or beliefs and teachings concerning them
    3. the nature of devils
  1. character or conduct that is devilish or fiendish; devilry
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • »å¾±Ëˆ²¹²ú´Ç±ô¾±²õ³Ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • »å¾±Â·²¹²úo·±ô¾±²õ³Ù noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of diabolism1

1600–10; < Greek »å¾±Ã¡²ú´Ç±ô ( os ) devil + -ism
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Whether it manifests as racism, bullying, or subliminal conditioning to self-harm, "Evil" shows us how ordinary and banal most diabolism is.

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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.

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Still, be warned: “The Sorcery Club†may seem an example of dated turn-of-the-century diabolism, but I wouldn’t try any of its weird invocations at home.

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Then came the pictured rocks—the illustrated newspaper of the aborigines, free, so far as I know, from the diabolism which pollutes the pictorial papers of our time.

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Within was working an element of diabolism, fetichism, there known by the name of Obeah, under whose leaven some of the churches were wrecked.

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