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Definition of Bogeyman
1. Noun. An imaginary monster used to frighten children.
Definition of Bogeyman
1. Noun. A menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories. ¹
2. Noun. (context: by extension) Any make-believe threat, especially one used to intimidate or distract. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bogeyman
1. a terrifying creature [n BOGEYMEN]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bogeyman
Literary usage of Bogeyman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Europe: Dimensions of Peace by Björn Hettne (1988)
"Of course, the Soviet bogeyman is also used in the United States and inside the
West for internal political purposes; and, ipso facto, the imperialist ..."
2. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1913)
"... Why socialists preach discontent; How the people may acquire the trusts;
TV "private property" bogeyman; Socialism the lone f<* of war; Why socialists ..."
3. The Church and the Changing Order by Shailer Mathews (1907)
"To them the entire matter is a bogeyman raised by scholars. But even they feel
the influence of the atmosphere which materialism is creating, ..."
4. South Florida Ecosystem Restoration: Joint Hearing Before the Committee on edited by Craig Thomas (1999)
"... industry that is in any kind of a developmental stage in Florida, quite the
opposite. The real bogeyman out there is the urban water needs relating to ..."
5. American Civilization and the Negro: The Afro-American in Relation to by Charles Victor Roman (1916)
"... explanation can be given of the power in the South of what the learned
contributing editor of the New York Age calls "bogeyman" politics and economics. ..."
6. Reminiscences of My childhood and Youth by Georg Morris Cohen Brandes (1906)
"That at once made the bogeyman less terrible. And perhaps that was the reason
Maren's threat: "Now, if you are not good, the bogey-man will come and take ..."
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