Satanism

See also: satanism

English

Alternative forms

• satanism

Etymology

Etymology tree

English Satan

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mos

Proto-Indo-European *-mós

Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)

Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der.

English -ism

English Satanism

From Satan + -ism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseɪtənɪzm/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

Satanism (countable and uncountable, plural Satanisms)

2. Worship or reverence to Satan (usually synonymous with "the Devil").

   Religious groups that follow Satanism include Luciferians and Laveyans.

4. A profession, philosophy, or ideological construct featuring a positive, admirable, or useful association to the figure, character or entity known as 'Satan'; or, featuring opposition to all morality and the procurement of what is wanted regardless of the consequences concerning others.
6. LaVeyan Satanism.
8. A devilish disposition.

Hyponyms

• LaVeyan Satanism, Luciferian, LaVeyanism

Derived terms

• crypto-satanism

Related terms

• satanic, Satanic
• satanist, Satanist

Translations

devil worship

• Afrikaans: satanisme
• Albanian: satanizëm m
• Arabic: شَيْطَانِيَّة f (šayṭāniyya)
• Armenian: սատանիզմ (satanizm)
• Belarusian: сатані́зм m (satanízm), д'яблапакло́нніцтва n (dʺjablapaklónnictva)
• Bulgarian: сатани́зъм m (satanízǎm)
• Catalan: satanisme m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 撒旦教 (zh) (Sādànjiào), 撒但教 (zh) (Sādànjiào)

• Czech: satanismus m
• Danish: satanisme (da) c
• Dutch: satanisme (nl) n
• Estonian: satanism (et)
• Finnish: satanismi (fi)
• French: satanisme (fr) m
• Georgian: სატანიზმი (saṭanizmi)
• German: Teufelsanbeterei f, Satanismus (de) m

  Bavarian: satanismus

• Greek: σατανισμός (el) m (satanismós)
• Hindi: शैतानी धर्म m (śaitānī dharm)
• Hungarian: sátánizmus (hu)
• Ido: satanismo
• Indonesian: setanisme
• Italian: satanismo (it)
• Japanese: サタニズム (ja) (satanizumu), 悪魔崇拝 (akuma sūhai)
• Korean: 사탄교 (satan'gyo), 사탄주의 (satanjuui)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: شەیتانپەرستی (şeytanperistî)

  Northern Kurdish: şeytanperestî

• Latvian: sātanisms m
• Lithuanian: satanizmas m
• Macedonian: сатани́зам m (satanízam)
• Maltese: sataniżmu
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: satanisme m

• Persian: شیطان‌پرستی (šeytân-parasti)
• Polish: satanizm (pl) m
• Portuguese: satanismo (pt) m
• Romanian: satanism (ro) n
• Russian: дьяволопокло́нничество (ru) n (dʹjavolopoklónničestvo), сатани́зм (ru) m (satanízm)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: сотонѝзам m, сатанѝзам m

  Latin: sotonìzam (sh) m, satanìzam m

• Slovak: satanizmus m
• Slovene: satanizem m
• Spanish: satanismo (es) m
• Swedish: djävulsdyrkan (sv) c
• Tajik: шайтонпарастӣ (tg) (šaytonparasti)
• Ukrainian: сатані́зм m (satanízm), дияволопокло́нництво n (dyjavolopoklónnyctvo)
• Urdu: شیطانیت f (śaitāniyat)

a religion founded by Anton Szandor LaVey

• Afrikaans: satanisme
• Albanian: satanizmi
• Arabic: شَيْطَانِيَّة f (šayṭāniyya)
• Azerbaijani: satanizm
• Basque: satanismo
• Belarusian: сатані́зм m (satanízm)
• Bengali: স্যাটানিজম (bn) (sêṭanijom)
• Bulgarian: сатани́зъм m (satanízǎm)
• Catalan: satanisme m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 撒旦教 (zh) (Sādànjiào), 撒但教 (zh) (Sādànjiào)

• Czech: satanismus
• Danish: satanisme (da) c
• Dutch: satanisme (nl) n
• Esperanto: satanismo (eo)
• Estonian: satanism (et)
• Finnish: satanismi (fi)
• Franco-Provençal: satanismo
• French: satanisme (fr) m
• Galician: satanismo
• Georgian: სატანიზმი (saṭanizmi)
• German: Satanismus (de) m

  Bavarian: satanismus

• Greek: σατανισμός (el) m (satanismós)
• Hebrew: כת השטן (kat hasatán)
• Hindi: शैतानी धर्म m (śaitānī dharm)
• Hungarian: sátánizmus (hu)
• Ido: satanismo
• Indonesian: setanisme
• Italian: satanismo (it) m
• Japanese: サタニズム (ja) (satanizumu), 悪魔主義 (akuma shugi)
• Korean: 사탄교 (satan'gyo)
• Latin: satanismus
• Latvian: sātanisms m
• Lithuanian: satanizmas m
• Macedonian: сатани́зам m (satanízam)
• Malay: satanisme
• Maltese: sataniżmu
• Neapolitan: satanismo
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: satanisme m

• Persian: شیطان‌پرستی (šeytân-parasti)
• Polish: satanizm (pl) m
• Portuguese: satanismo (pt)
• Punjabi: ਸ਼ੈਤਾਨੀ ਧਰਮ (śaitānī dharam)
• Romanian: satanism (ro) n
• Russian: сатани́зм (ru) m (satanízm)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: сотонѝзам m, сатанѝзам m

  Latin: sotonìzam (sh) m, satanìzam m

• Sinhalese: සාතන් ආගම් (sātan āgam)
• Slovak: satanizmus m
• Slovene: satanizem m
• Somali: shaydaanimo
• Spanish: satanismo (es) m
• Swedish: satanism (sv) c
• Tajik: шайтонпарастӣ (tg) (šaytonparasti)
• Thai: ลัทธิซาตาน
• Turkish: satanizm (tr)
• Ukrainian: сатані́зм m (satanízm)
• Urdu: لاوی شیطانیت f (lāvī śaitāniyat)
• Welsh: sataniaeth

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