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Demonize

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To turn into or as if into a demon.

v. To possess by or as if by a demon.

v. To represent as evil or diabolic: wartime propaganda that demonizes the enemy.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To turn into a demon.

v. To describe or represent as evil or diabolic.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To convert into a demon; to infuse the principles or fury of a demon into.

v. To control or possess by a demon.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To subject to the influence of demons; make like a demon; render demoniacal or diabolical.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. make into a demon

Word Usage

"And, as no doubt Jamie Dimon (the articulate and very well connected head of JP Morgan Chase) already told Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner over the weekend, if we "demonize" our big banks in this fashion, it will undermine our economic recovery and could weaken financial stability around the world."

Verb Form

demonized demonizes demonizing

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

change modify alter

Cross Reference

daemonize

Form

demonized demonizing

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

diabolify diabolize devilize