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Definition of Demonisation
1. Noun. To represent as diabolically evil. "The demonization of our enemies"
Generic synonyms: Condemnation, Disapprobation
Derivative terms: Demonise, Demonize
Definition of Demonisation
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of demonization) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Demonisation
Literary usage of Demonisation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Prohibited Persons: Abuse of Undocumented Migrants, Asylum-Seekers, and by Human Rights Watch (Organization) (1998)
"It is something we must not forget in current debates over regional cooperation—and
when faced with xenophobic calls for the expulsion or demonisation of ..."
2. What Holds Us Together: Social Cohesion in South Africa by David Chidester, Philip Dexter (2004)
"Moreover, Pretoria's obsession with terrorism and its demonisation of the Soviet
Union had striking parallels with Washington's Cold War rhetoric, ..."
3. Researching Violently Divided Societies: Ethical and Methodological Issues by Marie Smyth, Gillian Robinson, INCORE. (2001)
"Do the preconceptions about a particular place or people derived from the
demonisation of those people or that place in the media or elsewhere, ..."
4. Foodstuff: Living in an Age of Feast and Famine by John Holden, Lydia Howland, Gareth Stedman Jones, Daniel Stedman Jones (2002)
"Medical wisdom is often credited with effecting the revolution: but the modern
demonisation of fat far exceeds anything which could be justified by genuine ..."
5. A Reformer on the Throne: Sultan Qaboos Bin Said Al Said by Sergey Plekhanov (2004)
"... Although demonisation of the other side was characteristic of the time (recall
Reagan's condemnation of the USSR as 'the evil empire' and Khomeini's ..."
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