Antonyms for diabolism


Grammar : Noun
Spell : dahy-ab-uh-liz-uh m
Phonetic Transcription : daɪˈæb əˌlɪz əm


Definition of diabolism

Origin :
  • c.1600s, from Ecclesiastical Greek diabolos "devil" (see devil (n.)) + -ism.
  • As in magic : noun supernatural power; appearance
  • As in black magic : noun witchcraft or sorcery
  • As in peccancy : noun evil
  • As in prestidigitation : noun magic
  • As in thaumaturgy : noun magic
  • As in theurgy : noun magic
  • As in evil : noun badness, immorality; disaster
Example sentences :
  • A wizard was understandable; but this was diabolism beyond sanity.
  • Extract from : « The Hour of the Dragon » by Robert E. Howard
  • Here were signs of grace on one side, and diabolism on the other.
  • Extract from : « A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. » by William Chauncey Bartlett
  • It is merely the diabolism of instinct that prompts the young to believe that the race is all.
  • Extract from : « Ancestors » by Gertrude Atherton
  • Diabolism seemed to be a cheerful, even a wholesome, influence in his life.
  • Extract from : « Seven Men » by Max Beerbohm
  • It has troubled me, said Herring, but helped me, to hear that Frye was a channel for that diabolism.
  • Extract from : « The Religio-Medical Masquerade » by Frederick William Peabody
  • As a result of the night's diabolism ten dead bodies were brought on deck in the morning.
  • Extract from : « A History of the City of Brooklyn and Kings County Volume II » by Stephen M. Ostrander
  • Under any theocratic government law and punishment would become the types of diabolism.
  • Extract from : « Demonology and Devil-lore » by Moncure Daniel Conway
  • It was by a true experience that the ancients so generally took nocturnal animals to be types of diabolism.
  • Extract from : « Demonology and Devil-lore » by Moncure Daniel Conway
  • But train-wrecking must always be the result of the purest malice,—of diabolism unalloyed.
  • Extract from : « The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 5, Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 5, May, 1886 » by Various
  • Strange that a devil has to break down a door like a common man; but after all, his strength itself is a diabolism.'
  • Extract from : « The Devil in Iron » by Robert E. Howard

Synonyms for diabolism

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019