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Recent Examples of messianic
Much was remarkable about the event—the huge turnout, the alternating notes of forgiveness and retribution, the generally messianic atmosphere—but something that Pete Hegseth, the Fox host turned Pentagon chief, said onstage stood out to me.
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Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
Cosmists who believed in technology as a messianic force clashed not just with the Svyatogor camp, but also with the communists, whose guiding ideology of Marxism-Leninism was predicated on the dismantling of age-old social systems to establish a novel world order.
—Tim Brinkhof, Big Think, 12 Sep. 2025
Believing that conversations with AI have revealed hidden truths about the world or suggested messianic missions.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Palantir’s shadowy vibes tend to be amplified by its CEO’s quasi-messianic tendencies.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
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Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
Cosmists who believed in technology as a messianic force clashed not just with the Svyatogor camp, but also with the communists, whose guiding ideology of Marxism-Leninism was predicated on the dismantling of age-old social systems to establish a novel world order.
—Tim Brinkhof, Big Think, 12 Sep. 2025
Believing that conversations with AI have revealed hidden truths about the world or suggested messianic missions.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Palantir’s shadowy vibes tend to be amplified by its CEO’s quasi-messianic tendencies.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for messianic
Adjective
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Since the library’s books all date from before 1755, a major job here is preservation, and the zealous doorkeeper opens the big front door sparingly to keep out humidity.—
Rick Steves,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Jan. 2026
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The Washington Post has a long history of zealous support for robust press freedoms.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
15 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Along with complaints about the building’s size, the Geffen Galleries’ heavy use of concrete had been criticized as an impractical choice for hanging art.—
Malia Mendez,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2026
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Erdoğan’s speeches are full of practical advice about how to destroy the left, such as calling progressives lazy, impractical alcoholics funded by globalist lobbies and contrasting the efficiency of an imperial president with the messiness of parliamentary policymaking.—
Kaya Genç,
The Dial,
3 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Other Republicans have rejected several Democratic requests as unrealistic or unworkable.—
Toluse Olorunnipa,
The Atlantic,
4 Feb. 2026
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Of particular concern was the possibility that the council would set unrealistic expectations for how the city could protect the public from federal agents.—
Sierra Lopez,
Mercury News,
4 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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While many who have seen Pluribus — Apple TV‘s biggest series to date — are clamoring for what’s next in the chilling utopian saga (especially after that explosive Season 1 ending), creator Vince Gilligan is tempering expectations on the release timeline for Season 2.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
7 Feb. 2026
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There were participants in our cohort who remained rightfully critical of our utopian aims, our spectrum of privilege, and our position as cultural workers living through global extinction, famine, corruption, and violence in all its forms.—
Catherine Taft,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The United States went to war in 2001 and 2003 with a very moralistic, very crusading view of war, a very black-and-white view that there were good guys and bad guys, and America would wield the swift sword of justice.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
10 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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For a kid of 16, a sentimental journey isn’t normally an especially long trip.—
Jody Mamone,
Hartford Courant,
11 Feb. 2026
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In the film from Gulfstream Pictures, which is currently in production in New Orleans, Iacono will play the role of sentimental, comic wingman Colin Davis.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Messianic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/messianic. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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