daimon

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Recent Examples of daimon Before answering the question, note that the word in question is not demonic, from the Greek word daimon, meaning a deity (remember that the Greek gods were notoriously jealous and greedy), but demotic, from the Greek word demos, meaning the people — the same root as democratic. Michael Barone, Orange County Register, 14 Feb. 2024
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Noun
  • In the movie, a well meaning but rather inept angel named Gabriel (Reeves) meddles in the lives of a struggling gig worker (Ansari) and a wealthy capitalist (Rogen).
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The new bar follows the transformation of an angel into a demon (inspired by Gokan's life and professional journey from Angel’s Share in New York to his bars in Asia and now Europe).
    Isabelle Kliger, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • In other words, some genies don’t go back in their bottles.
    Nir Eisikovits, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
  • More than six decades after humanity first harnessed the destructive power of nuclear reactions, the only country to have ever used nuclear weapons was charting a path for the world to put the genie back in the bottle.
    Nina Tannenwald, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2018
Noun
  • Discovery, two of the bigger owners of these cable-network wraiths, haven’t had much to show for keeping them up and running.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Human puppets swayed over a Pont like wraiths of those who had been staked there. 🎾 Follow Sports Dashing through it all was the torchbearer, his identity unknown.
    Sally Jenkins, Washington Post, 27 July 2024
Noun
  • The jinni has kept the woman locked in a glass chest, deep in the sea, but that hasn’t stopped her from sleeping with ninety-eight other men.
    Yasmine Al-Sayyad, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2022
  • Traditionally, jinn aren't seen as good or evil, and that moral ambiguity carries over to the series.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 23 June 2019
Noun
  • The 7-year-old phantom golden doodle is one of a handful of therapy dogs in regional police departments.
    Bebe Hodges, USA TODAY, 15 Nov. 2024
  • This phantom or pretend gain is subject to tax, usually at capital gains rates.
    Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.D., Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • The roaming vampire was hanging out in front of the movie theater with his human familiars, all fully armed and ready to throw down for their undead master.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The town is populated with familiars: her brother, her best friend, a new lover, a new grandniece.
    Condé Nast, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
Noun
  • The luxury stay has 24-hour room and concierge service included in the price, as well as premium spirits and à la carte restaurants.
    Tess Foley-Cox, theweek, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Caro Holdings intends to expand its marketplace platform to the pet care and spirits industries in the United States and the United Kingdom.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 12 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Social psychology experiments show that people often cope with the specter of death by attaching themselves to cultural ideologies, such as religious, political, or even sports fandom.
    Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Zoom out: Republicans have been raising the specter of a wide-ranging effort to challenge the election result if Trump loses.
    Andrew Solender, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024

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“Daimon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daimon. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.

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