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n. - The worship of devils (especially Satan).

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  • He sees Aldous's early "diabolism" as "a very thin and papery mask"; he refers to wishful thinking, to unsureness of judgment, to gullibility, to matters of self-regard.
  • It can only vaguely connote a vague darkness or diabolism.
  • The very diabolism of the device acquitted Dorothy, according to
  • A wizard was understandable; but this was diabolism beyond sanity.
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