messianic

Example Sentences

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“He is a ghost leader, like the Hidden Iman,” Golkar said, referring to a messianic figure in Shia Islam.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

La Liga president Javier Tebas, who has been openly at odds with Perez for several years, criticised the "messianic, sectarian, supremacist" tone of the Madrid chief, in a post on X.

From Barron's • Nov. 23, 2025

Smotrich's Israeli opponents use the word "messianic" as term of abuse when they talk about him.

From BBC • Aug. 10, 2025

Such utopian — and even messianic — ideologies typically contain a “pseudoreligious quality” that elicit an unwavering passion among their followers, even a cult of personality.

From Salon • Apr. 27, 2025

His most important question was whether the mercurial and messianic Teller could manage anybody.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik