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messiah

[mi-sahy-uh] / mɪˈsaɪ ə /


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They told me their colleagues have got a "messiah complex - ever since Margaret they think there is a leader out there who will lead them to the promised land".

From BBC • Oct. 4, 2025

From Florida to Alaska, Native Americans perform the Ghost Dance, anticipating their own messiah.

From Salon • May 17, 2025

Never mind that he’s carried two “Dune” films, adding unusual depth to a messiah role that could have been a disaster.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2025

Chalamet has already taken his boy messiah in the “Dune” movies to a dangerously dark place; his Dylan is cut from the same cloth, uncomfortable with the mantle thrust upon him.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2024

Billy thought maybe he had known this cracked messiah in Dresden somewhere.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut




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