| 释义 |
Satanism|ˈseɪtənɪz(ə)m|
[f. Satan + -ism. Cf. F. satanisme (= sense 3 below).]
1. A satanic or diabolical disposition, doctrine, spirit, or contrivance.
1565Harding Confut. Jewel ii. ii. 42 b, Meaning the time when Luther first brinced to Germanie the poisoned cuppe of his heresies, blasphemies, and sathanismes. 1639Visct. Falkland Elegy on Donne Poems (Grosart) 36 So mild was Moses countenance, when he pray'd For them whose Satanisme his power gainsaid. 1855Bagehot Lit. Stud., Cowper (1879) I. 285 The whole burning soul breaks away into what is well called Satanism—into wildness, and bitterness, and contempt. 1893Goldw. Smith Ess. 2 That sort of social revolution which may be called Satanism, as it seeks, not to reconstruct, but to destroy. 1900A. Lang in Daily News 27 June 6/2 With such a mixture of..loyalty, mysterious Satanism, and reputation for conquests over her sex..Bothwell must have fascinated the Queen.
2. The characteristics of the ‘Satanic school’.
1822Blackw. Mag. XI. 445 His Lakeism or his Satanism will not save the piece from being damned, if it be stupid. 1833Fraser's Mag. VIII. 524 This scene of Byron's is really sublime, in spite of its Satanism.
3. The worship of Satan, alleged to have been practised in France in the latter part of the 19th century; the principles and rites of the Satanists.
1896A. Lillie Worship Satan in Mod. France Pref. 18 There are five temples of Satanism in Paris itself... Satanism has the Bulletin au Diable and other organs. |