verb · transitive · rare

demonize

demonize · demonizes · demonized · demonizing

демонізувати

демонизировать

dämonisieren, verteufeln

To turn into a demonTo turn into a demon.

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/ˈdiːmənaɪz/

» The settlers are demonizing the indigenous population.

Meaning

2 senses

(transitive)To turn into a demon.
dämonisieren
демонизи́роватьdemonizírovatʹ
make into a demon
(figuratively, transitive)To describe or represent as evil or diabolic, usually falsely.
dämonisieren, verteufeln
демонизи́роватьdemonizírovatʹ
демонізува́тиdemonizuváty, демонізо́вуватиdemonizóvuvaty

Examples

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The settlers are demonizing the indigenous population.
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A racist society tends to demonize other societies.
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A sociopath would idealize you one minute and demonize you the next minute.
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Orban is being demonized.
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Why is everything Russian demonized worldwide?
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Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

describe or represent as evil:

Русский

By meaning 1

turn into a demon:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

turn into a demon:

describe or represent as evil:

Origin

From Medieval Latin daemonizō, from daemon + -izō. Compare Ancient Greek δαιμονίζομαι (dai

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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