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DEMONIZE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does demonize mean?
• DEMONIZE (verb)
The verb DEMONIZE has 1 sense:
1. make into a demon
Familiarity information: DEMONIZE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they demonize ... he / she / it demonizes
Past simple: demonized
Past participle: demonized
-ing form: demonizing
... he / she / it demonizes Past simple: demonized
Past participle: demonized
-ing form: demonizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make into a demon
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
demonise; demonize
Context example:
Power had demonized him
Hypernyms (to "demonize" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
Derivation:
demon (an evil supernatural being)
demon (a cruel wicked and inhuman person)
demonization (to represent as diabolically evil)
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