demonize
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Etymology[edit]
From Medieval Latin daemonizō, from daemon + -izō. Compare Ancient Greek δαιμονίζομαι (daimonízomai, “to be possessed by a demon”), from δαίμων (daímōn, “demon”). By surface analysis, demon + -ize.
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demonize (third-person singular simple present demonizes, present participle demonizing, simple past and past participle demonized)
- (transitive) To turn into a demon.
- (transitive, figuratively) To describe or represent as evil or diabolic, usually falsely.
- 2024 May 11, Isabella Sylvester, “18 Things Society Has Demonized That Should Be Considered Normal”, in MSN[1]:
- Many people disagree with several things society has normalized, some of which are even demonized. Frustratingly, attaching a stigma to perfectly reasonable things makes people feel attacked when they publicly do them.
Synonyms[edit]
- (represent as evil or diabolic): vilify
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Translations[edit]
turn into a demon
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describe or represent as evil
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Galician[edit]
Verb[edit]
demonize
- (reintegrationist norm) inflection of demonizar:
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