demonology

English

Alternative forms

• daemonology, daimonology

Etymology

From demono- +‎ -logy.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌdiːməˈnɒlədʒi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌdiːməˈnɑːləd͡ʒi/

Noun

demonology (countable and uncountable, plural demonologies)

1. The study of demons, especially the incantations required to summon and control them.
   • 1990, Terry Pratchett, Eric, page 27:

     But it wasn't all that strange, because any wizard bright enough to survive for five minutes was also bright enough to realize that if there was any power in demonology, then it lay with the demons.

Synonyms

• demonlore

Antonyms

• angelology

Derived terms

• demonological

Related terms

• demonologist
• devil-lore, devillore

Translations

study of demons

• Arabic: عِلْم الشَيَاطِين (ʕilm aš-šayāṭīn)
• Armenian: դիվաբանություն (hy) (divabanutʻyun)
• Bulgarian: демоноло́гия f (demonológija)
• Catalan: demonologia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鬼神學／鬼神学 (zh) (guǐshénxué), 魔鬼研究 (móguǐ yánjiū), 惡魔學／恶魔学 (èmóxué)

• Danish: dæmonologi c
• Dutch: demonologie (nl) f
• Esperanto: demonologio
• Finnish: demonologia (fi)
• French: démonologie (fr) f
• German: Dämonologie (de) f
• Greek: δαιμονολογία (el) f (daimonología)
• Hebrew: דמונולוגיה
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: demonológia
• Icelandic: please add this translation if you can
• Ido: demonologio (io)
• Italian: demonologia (it) f
• Japanese: 悪魔学 (akumagaku)
• Khmer: ភូតវិទ្យា (pʰuut vityie)
• Korean: 악마학 (angmahak)
• Norwegian: demonologi
• Polish: demonologia (pl) f
• Portuguese: demonologia f
• Russian: демоноло́гия (ru) f (demonológija)
• Serbo-Croatian: demonologija (sh) f
• Spanish: demonología f
• Swedish: demonologi (sv)
• Thai: มารวิทยา (mār withyā)
• Turkish: demonoloji, iblis bilimi
• Ukrainian: демоноло́гія f (demonolóhija)
• Vietnamese: quỷ học