What is another word for demonism?

Pronunciation: [dˈiːmənˌɪzəm] (IPA)

Demonism, also known as devil worship or demonology, is the belief in and worship of demons or evil spirits, often associated with the occult and Satanism. Synonyms for demonism include demonolatry, diabolism, infernalism, and devilry. These words describe the same concept of worshiping and invoking malevolent supernatural entities. Other expressions can be used to describe beliefs and practices related to demonism, such as spiritualism, necromancy, witchcraft, and black magic. While these terms have different nuances and connotations, they all refer to alternative religions or mystical practices that involve contact with spirits or supernatural forces, often of a darker and more dangerous nature.

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Usage examples for Demonism

It possesses none of the characteristics of the undead vampire, being usually a living male person of otherwise normal appearances, unsuspecting its inherent demonism.
"Doom of the House of Duryea"
Earl Peirce
We have an assertion of demonism in its crudest forms, an affirmation of the miraculous that the educated in the Roman world had learned to laugh at, and which is to-day found among the savage people of the earth, while every form of scientific thought was looked upon as an act of impiety.
"A Grammar of Freethought"
Chapman Cohen
The manifestations of demonism are, at least in Christian lands, vastly less conspicuous than in the first age of the Church.
"The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians"
G. G. Findlay

Famous quotes with Demonism

  • What are we to make of creation in which routine activity is for organisms to be tearing others apart with teeth of all types - biting, grinding flesh, plant stalks, bones between molars, pushing the pulp greedily down the gullet with delight, incorporating its essence into one’s own organization, and then excreting with foul stench and gasses the residue. Everyone reaching out to incorporate others who are edible to him. The mosquitoes bloating themselves on blood, the maggots, the killer-bees attacking with a fury and a demonism, sharks continuing to tear and swallow while their own innards are being torn out - not to mention the daily dismemberment and slaughter in “natural” accidents of all types: an earthquake buries alive 70 thousand bodies in Peru, a tidal wave washes over a quarter of a million in the Indian Ocean. Creation is a nightmare spectacular taking place on a planet that has been soaked for hundreds of millions of years in the blood of all creatures. The soberest conclusion that we could make about what has actually been taking place on the planet about three billion years is that it is being turned into a vast pit of fertilizer. But the sun distracts our attention, always baking the blood dry, making things grow over it, and with its warmth giving the hope that comes with the organism’s comfort and expansiveness.
    Ernest Becker
  • Boys are scolded even for their violent fantasies- for the violent stories they want to hear, the violent books they want to read, the violent games they want to play. Male "demonism" is punished, pathologized, and stigmatized from cradle to campus. Even the good guys are treated like bad guys for ganging up, for being "xenophobic," patriotic, or too exclusive. Video games, fighting sports, and movies are decried for being "too violent." Football is deemed "too dangerous" by many overprotective parents. Everyone is supposed to agree that violence is never the answer- unless that violence comes from the cutting edge of the State's ax.
    Jack Donovan

Related words: demon, voodoo, the devil, angels, witches

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