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Definition: Satanism |
SatanismNoun1. The worship of devils (especially Satan). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: SatanismSynonyms: demonism (n), diabolism (n). (additional references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Satanism is a religion involving either the worship of Satan, or some other supreme evil being, or the directing of one's life based on inspirations gained from study of Satan. The earliest recorded instance of the word is in "A confutation of a booke (by Bp. Jewel) intituled An apologie of the Church of England", by Thomas harding (1565):
ll, ii, 42 b, "Meaning the time when Luther first brinced to Germanie the poisoned cuppe of his heresies, blasphemies, and satanismes."
There are various kinds of Satanists in modern society:
Rebellious Satanists frequently adopt the Christian dogma that Satan and Satanists are inherently evil, and therefore illegal activities within those groups are common. Most who study Satanism in modern society disregard rebellious Satanists as relatively unimportant.
Rebellious Satanists can often be found carrying or owning books by Anton Szandor LaVey, but more often than not they are only slightly familiar with the philosophical contents of the books. They are more swayed by writings and legends of literary Satanism, or by writings decrying the hypothetical worst of Satanism written by evangelical or fundamentalist Christian authors.
These generally are the Satanists that appear in police reports or newspapers from time to time. Their statements (when any are reported) always make it clear that their concept of Satan is definitely Christian, rather than that of the latter two groups above. These rebellious Satanists sometimes gather in small groups (almost always fewer than a dozen), and are sometimes solitary (not part of any group).
Sometimes philosophical Satanism is called "modern Satanism". This terminology presumes that religious Satanism is much older than philosophical Satanism, a claim many do not accept, pointing to the lack of any groups that actually called themselves Satanists prior to the creation of the Church of Satan. Philosophical Satanists tend to be law abiding.
The largest or most visible organized group of Philosophical Satanists appears to be the Church of Satan, founded by Anton Szandor LaVey. Following LaVey's death, the group has gone through some turmoil and reorganization. Note that while members of the Church of Satan would consider themselves philosophical, and many of them are atheists, many outsiders (i.e. religion researchers) classify them as religious Satanists (even though many of them are aware that members of the Church don't believe in a literal Satan or any other deity). The practice of magic classifies them as religious, at least according to some definitions of religion.
Religious Satanists believe in some Prince of Darkness and worship or otherwise work to fashion their lives based on their ideas concerning said Prince. Religious Satanists tend to be law abiding. Sometimes religious Satanism is called traditional Satanism or theistic Satanism.
The largest or most visible organized group of Religious Satanists appears to be the Temple of Set, organized by Michael Aquino from members of the Church of Satan who left that Church in 1975. The Temple of Set claims to believe in the existence of Set, the ancient Egyptian god, as the primal Prince of Darkness.
For a list of other Religious (theistic) Satanist groups and resources, see this page:
http://www.angelfire.com/ny5/dvera/other.html
It is important to note that the theories of large networks of organized Satanists involved in illegal activities, murder, and child abuse has been thoroughly disproven, and such theories continue to be held only by the most extreme evangelists and fundamentalists, by those whose careers and finances benefit from maintaining such theories, and by those who believe excessively in conspiracy theories.Philosophical Satanism
Religious Satanism
Satanic Cults
Main article: Satanic ritual abuse
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Satanism."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Satan | Diabolism; devilism, devilship; diabolology; satanism, devil worship; manicheism; the cloven foot. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Satanism |
| English words defined with "Satanism": diabolist ♦ Satanist. (references) |
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Civil Liberties | Kenya | It also reported that "Satanists" had infiltrated nonindigenous religious groups and other organizations, making them "doorways" to Satanism. (references) |
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| "Satanism" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 96.15% of the time. "Satanism" is used about 26 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 96.15% | 25 | 69,787 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 3.85% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 26 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
satanism | 755 |
satanism traditional | 19 |
e mail satanism | 13 |
harry potter satanism | 11 |
picture satanism | 7 |
satanism symbol | 6 |
satan satanism | 6 |
religion satanism | 5 |
satanism sex | 5 |
captain comic satanism | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "Satanism"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Bulgarian | сатанинство, сатанински склонности, сатанизъм. (various references) | |
French | satanisme. (various references) | |
German | satanismus. (various references) | |
Hungarian | sátánizmus, sátáni gonoszság, ördögimádás (devil-worship), ördögiesség, ördögi gonoszság. (various references) | |
Italian | satanismo. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 悪"主義 (devil worship). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | あくましゅぎ (devil worship). (various references) | |
Manx | ooashley yn jouyll. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | atanismsay.(various references) | |
Russian | сатанизм. (various references) | |
Spanish | satanismo. (various references) | |
Ukranian | сатанізм. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự quỷ quái, tính quỷ quái sự thờ quỷ Xa tăng. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
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Words beginning with "Satanism": satanisms. (additional references) | |
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"Satanism" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Pattenism, Saganuma, Satani, Settanni, Skatenigs. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "Satanism" (pronounced sā"tuni'zum) |
| 7 | -t u n i' z u m | puritanism. |
| 6 | -u n i' z u m | abolitionism, agrarianism, anachronism, antagonism, authoritarianism, chauvinism, communism, creationism, determinism, egalitarianism, expansionism, expressionism, feminism, hedonism, hooliganism, humanism, illusionism, impressionism, interventionism, isolationism, lesbianism, mechanism, microorganism, obstructionism, organism, paganism, parkinsonism, perfectionism, protectionism, republicanism, revisionism, sectarianism, tokenism, totalitarianism, unionism, vegetarianism. |
| 5 | -n i' z u m | modernism, monism, opportunism. |
| 4 | -i' z u m | absenteeism, absolutism, activism, adventurism, alcoholism, altruism, amateurism, aneurism, animism, aphorism, astigmatism, atavism, atheism, autism, baptism, barbarism, bilingualism, bolshevism, boosterism, botulism, cannibalism, capitalism, catechism, centralism, classicism, collectivism, colonialism, commercialism, conservatism, consumerism, corporatism, counterterrorism, criticism, cronyism, cubism, cynicism, dandyism, defeatism, deism, despotism, diamagnetism, diastrophism, dimorphism, dogmatism, Druidism, dualism, dwarfism, dynamism, egoism, egotism, electromagnetism, elitism, embolism, emotionalism, empiricism, entrepreneurialism, environmentalism, ergotism, eroticism, escapism, ethnocentrism, euphemism, evangelism, extremism, factionalism, fanaticism, fascism, fatalism, favoritism, federalism, ferromagnetism, fetishism, feudalism, formalism, fundamentalism, futurism, geotropism, gnosticism, gradualism, helotism, heroism, hypnotism, idealism, imperialism, incrementalism, individualism, intellectualism, internationalism, Irredentism, isomorphism, jingoism, journalism, leftism, legalism, liberalism, lyricism, magnetism, mannerism, masochism, materialism, mercantilism, mesmerism, metabolism, methodism, militarism, minimalism, monasticism, monetarism, monotheism, moralism, multiculturalism, multilateralism, mutualism, mysticism, narcissism, nationalism, nativism, naturalism, negativism, nepotism, neutralism, nihilism, optimism, ostracism, overoptimism, pacifism, parallelism, parochialism, pastoralism, paternalism, patriotism, pessimism, pharisaism, pietism, plagiarism, pluralism, polymorphism, polytheism, populism, positivism, pragmatism, professionalism, provincialism, racialism, racism, radicalism, realism, recidivism, relativism, rheumatism, romanticism, sadism, secularism, sensationalism, separatism, sexism, skepticism, socialism, statism, stoicism, supernaturalism, surrealism, symbolism, synergism, territorialism, terrorism, theism, tourism, truism, vandalism, vigilantism, voluntarism, volunteerism, voyeurism. |
| 3 | -z u m | bosom, careerism, chasm, cytoplasm, enthusiasm, iconoclasm, ism, microcosm, neoplasm, orgasm, phantasm, prism, sarcasm, schism, spasm. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: mantissa, staminas. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-i-m-n-s-s-t" | |
-1 letter: santims, stamina, stasima. | |
-2 letters: animas, atmans, maists, manats, manias, mantas, mantis, matins, saints, satins, stains. | |
-3 letters: amain, amass, amias, amins, amiss, amnia, anima, antas, antis, assai, atman, atmas, mains, maist, manas, manat, mania, manta, massa, masts, matin, minas, mints, mists, sains, saint, sasin, satin, satis, simas, snits, stain, tains, tamis. | |
-4 letters: aims, ains, aits, amas, amia, amin, amis, anas, anis, ansa, anta, anti, ants, atma, isms, main, mana, mans, mass, mast, mats, mina, mint, miss, mist, nims, nits, sain, sans, sati, sima, sims, sins, sits, smit, snit, tain, tams, tans, tass, tins. | |
-5 letters: aas, aim, ain, ais, ait, ama, ami, ana, ani, ant, ass, ins, ism, its, man, mas, mat, mis, nam, nim, nit, sat, sim, sin, sis, sit, tam, tan, tas, tin, tis. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-i-m-n-s-s-t" | |
+1 letter: antimasks, mainmasts, mainstays, mantissas, satanisms, shamanist, talismans. | |
+2 letters: amiantuses, anatomises, anatomists, atonalisms, samaritans, shamanists, tarantisms. | |
+3 letters: amativeness, anabaptisms, anastigmats, anastomosis, animateness, antagonisms, antifascism, antiracisms, fanaticisms, histaminase, magazinists, mainstreams, metanalysis, myasthenias, naturalisms, sanatoriums, sanitariums, shamanistic, squamations, thiaminases. | |
+4 letters: accompanists, adoptianisms, anastomosing, antifascisms, antimacassar, antirealisms, antonomasias, assimilating, assimilation, avitaminoses, avitaminosis, disarmaments, glutaminases, histaminases, maidservants, manifestants, mastications, materialness, maternalisms, mistranslate, nationalisms, paternalisms, rationalisms, salvationism, sectarianism, somatostatin, standpattism, transaminase, transmittals, whatshisname. | |
+5 letters: administrants, administrates, amativenesses, anecdotalisms, animatenesses, antiblackisms, antihumanisms, antimacassars, antispasmodic, appraisements, assimilations, bipartisanism, charlatanisms, compassionate, craftsmanship, desquamations, diamagnetisms, disclamations, draftsmanship, emasculations, factionalisms, fraternalisms, grantsmanship, gynecomastias, inanimateness, maladroitness, malversations, masturbations, metastasizing, microanalysts, misdemeanants, mistranslated, mistranslates, onomasticians, planetesimals, salvationisms, sectarianisms, somatostatins, standpattisms, statesmanlike, statesmanship, stationmaster, transaminases, transmigrates, unassimilated, unitarianisms, watermanships. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 61 74 61 6E 69 73 6D |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... .- - .- -. .. ... -- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100001 01110100 01100001 01101110 01101001 01110011 01101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S a t a n i s m |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0061 0074 0061 006E 0069 0073 006D |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5367866780758579 |
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