"demonize" meaning in English

See demonize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈdiːmənaɪz/ [UK] Audio: en-us-demonize.ogg Forms: demonizes [present, singular, third-person], demonizing [participle, present], demonized [participle, past], demonized [past]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ML.|daemonizō}} Medieval Latin daemonizō, {{com|la|daemon|-izō|nocat=1}} daemon + -izō, {{cog|grc|δαιμονίζομαι||to be possessed by a demon}} Ancient Greek δαιμονίζομαι (daimonízomai, “to be possessed by a demon”), {{surf|en|demon|-ize}} By surface analysis, demon + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} demonize (third-person singular simple present demonizes, present participle demonizing, simple past and past participle demonized)
  1. (transitive) To turn into a demon. Tags: transitive Translations (turn into a demon): демонизирам (demoniziram) (Bulgarian), kurjaks vaimuks muutma (Estonian), muuttaa pahoialseksi (Finnish), muuttaa demoniksi (Finnish), diaboliser (French), démoniser (French), dämonisieren (German), δαιμονοποιώ (daimonopoió) (Greek), demonizzare (Italian), dêw kirin (Northern Kurdish), demonizować (Polish), demoniza (Romanian), демонизи́ровать (demonizírovatʹ) (Russian), демонизовати [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), demonizovati [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), svärta ned (Swedish), biến thành quỷ (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-demonize-en-verb-c7myljvR Disambiguation of 'turn into a demon': 99 1
  2. (transitive, figuratively) To describe or represent as evil or diabolic, usually falsely. Tags: figuratively, transitive Synonyms (represent as evil or diabolic): vilify Translations (describe or represent as evil): дэманізаваць (demanizavacʹ) (Belarusian), demonitzar (Catalan), 妖魔化 (yāomóhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), démonizovat (Czech), demoniseren (Dutch), demonisoida (Finnish), diaboliser (French), demonizar (Galician), dämonisieren (German), verteufeln (German), δαιμονοποιώ (daimonopoió) (Greek), असुरीकरण (asurikaran) [masculine] (Hindi), ibliskan (Indonesian), demonizzare (Italian), 悪魔化 (akuma-ka) (Japanese), demonizować [imperfective] (Polish), diabolizować (Polish), demonizar (Portuguese), demoniza (Romanian), демонизи́ровать (demonizírovatʹ) (Russian), demonizar (Spanish), demonisera (Swedish), демонізува́ти (demonizuváty) [imperfective, perfective] (Ukrainian), демонізо́вувати (demonizóvuvaty) [imperfective, rare] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-demonize-en-verb-qAksz92e Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Northern Kurdish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 39 61 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 39 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 39 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Northern Kurdish translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 39 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of 'represent as evil or diabolic': 5 95 Disambiguation of 'describe or represent as evil': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: daemonise [UK], daemonize [UK], dæmonize [rare], demonise [UK] Derived forms: dedemonize, demonizable, demonization, demonizer, redemonize, undemonized

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        {
          "ref": "2020 January 9, Peter Baker, “Trump has a long history of language that incites and demonizes.”, in The New York Times:",
          "text": "President Trump has seized on the response in the streets to police brutality against Black men and women to bolster his re-election campaign, employing provocative and sometimes incendiary language and images to incite his followers, demonize his opponents or both.",
          "type": "quote"
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        {
          "ref": "2022 March 10, Michelle Goldberg, “Boys and Men Are in Crisis Because Society Is”, in The New York Times:",
          "text": "He calls for a “massive, urgent recruitment effort,” which is a fine idea, but one that’s likely to be futile unless we stop demonizing teachers and start paying them fairly.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2024 May 11, Isabella Sylvester, “18 Things Society Has Demonized That Should Be Considered Normal”, in MSN:",
          "text": "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.",
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        "To describe or represent as evil or diabolic, usually falsely."
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          "word": "дэманізаваць"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yāomóhuà",
          "sense": "describe or represent as evil",
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        "To turn into a demon."
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        "(transitive) To turn into a demon."
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          "ref": "2020 January 9, Peter Baker, “Trump has a long history of language that incites and demonizes.”, in The New York Times:",
          "text": "President Trump has seized on the response in the streets to police brutality against Black men and women to bolster his re-election campaign, employing provocative and sometimes incendiary language and images to incite his followers, demonize his opponents or both.",
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        {
          "ref": "2022 March 10, Michelle Goldberg, “Boys and Men Are in Crisis Because Society Is”, in The New York Times:",
          "text": "He calls for a “massive, urgent recruitment effort,” which is a fine idea, but one that’s likely to be futile unless we stop demonizing teachers and start paying them fairly.",
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        {
          "ref": "2024 May 11, Isabella Sylvester, “18 Things Society Has Demonized That Should Be Considered Normal”, in MSN:",
          "text": "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.",
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      "sense": "represent as evil or diabolic",
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      "word": "demonise"
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      "roman": "demoniziram",
      "sense": "turn into a demon",
      "word": "демонизирам"
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      "sense": "turn into a demon",
      "word": "kurjaks vaimuks muutma"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "turn into a demon",
      "word": "muuttaa pahoialseksi"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "turn into a demon",
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      "sense": "turn into a demon",
      "word": "diaboliser"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "turn into a demon",
      "word": "démoniser"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "turn into a demon",
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      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "daimonopoió",
      "sense": "turn into a demon",
      "word": "δαιμονοποιώ"
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      "sense": "turn into a demon",
      "word": "demonizzare"
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      "code": "kmr",
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      "sense": "turn into a demon",
      "word": "dêw kirin"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "turn into a demon",
      "word": "demonizować"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "turn into a demon",
      "word": "demoniza"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "demonizírovatʹ",
      "sense": "turn into a demon",
      "word": "демонизи́ровать"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "turn into a demon",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "демонизовати"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "turn into a demon",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "demonizovati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "turn into a demon",
      "word": "svärta ned"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "turn into a demon",
      "word": "biến thành quỷ"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "demanizavacʹ",
      "sense": "describe or represent as evil",
      "word": "дэманізаваць"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "describe or represent as evil",
      "word": "demonitzar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yāomóhuà",
      "sense": "describe or represent as evil",
      "word": "妖魔化"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "describe or represent as evil",
      "word": "démonizovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "describe or represent as evil",
      "word": "demoniseren"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "describe or represent as evil",
      "word": "demonisoida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "describe or represent as evil",
      "word": "diaboliser"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "describe or represent as evil",
      "word": "demonizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "describe or represent as evil",
      "word": "dämonisieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "describe or represent as evil",
      "word": "verteufeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "daimonopoió",
      "sense": "describe or represent as evil",
      "word": "δαιμονοποιώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "asurikaran",
      "sense": "describe or represent as evil",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "असुरीकरण"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "describe or represent as evil",
      "word": "ibliskan"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "describe or represent as evil",
      "word": "demonizzare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "akuma-ka",
      "sense": "describe or represent as evil",
      "word": "悪魔化"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "describe or represent as evil",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "demonizować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "describe or represent as evil",
      "word": "diabolizować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "describe or represent as evil",
      "word": "demonizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "describe or represent as evil",
      "word": "demoniza"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "demonizírovatʹ",
      "sense": "describe or represent as evil",
      "word": "демонизи́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "describe or represent as evil",
      "word": "demonizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "describe or represent as evil",
      "word": "demonisera"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "demonizuváty",
      "sense": "describe or represent as evil",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "демонізува́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "demonizóvuvaty",
      "sense": "describe or represent as evil",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "демонізо́вувати"
    }
  ],
  "word": "demonize"
}

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