demonize
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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)
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- (represent as evil or diabolic): vilify
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turn into a demon
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describe or represent as evil
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demonize
- (reintegrationist norm) inflection of demonizar: