Demonism

Synonyms for "demonism" (53 found)

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Closest matches (11)

animal worshipblack magicblack masschthonian worshipdemonographydemonolatrydemonology
Noun(4 words)
demon beliefdemon worshipdemonolatrydemonology

Strong matches (16)

Noun(1 words)
diabolism

Related words (26)

iconodulyiconolatryidol worshipidolatrousnessidolatryidolismidoloduliaidolomancyimage worshippaganismparsiismphallic worshipphallicismpyrolatrysabaismsatanismsnake worshipsorcerystar worshipsun worship
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the black arttree worshipzoroastrianism
Noun(3 words)
satanismsupernatural belieftheology of demons

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  • Closest matches in this entry: animal worship, black magic, black mass, chthonian worship, demon belief.
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Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

12 entries
academic disciplinebelief systemblack artblack magiccult activityfield of studynecromancyreligionreligious practiceritual practicesorcerysupernatural belief

More specific

6 entries
demon cultdemon loredemon mythdemon ritualdemonology textsexorcism studies

Collocations

6 entries
demon beliefdemon loredemon ritualdemon worshipoccult beliefssupernatural belief

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

2 entries

Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

1699, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, Of Virtue, and the Belief of a Deity, in An Inquiry Concerning Virtue in Two Discourses, London: A. Bell et al., p. 10, […] if he believes more of the prevalency of an ill designing Principle than of a good one, he is then more a Daemonist than he is a Theist, and may be called a Daemonist from the side to which the balance most inclines. ¶ All these sorts both of Daemonism, Polytheism, Atheism, and Theism, may be mixed […]

Source: wiktionary

It is very much to be doubted if Mervyn Hogarth had ever in his life given more than a passing thought to any black art or occult science. Certainly he was innocent of prolonged interest in, let alone any practice of, diabolism, witchcraft, demonism, or such cult.

Source: wiktionary

1915, Henry James, letter to Evan Charteris dated 22 January, 1915 in Percy Lubbock (ed.), The Letters of Henry James, London: Macmillan, Volume 2, p. 453, What a pitiful horror indeed must that Ypres desolation and desecration be—a baseness of demonism.

Source: wiktionary

What significant illustration of the demonism of the wind does a fallen palm present!

Source: wiktionary

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What are the closest synonyms for "demonism"?

Closest matches include animal worship, black magic, black mass, chthonian worship, demon belief.

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