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Definition of Demonise
1. Verb. Make into a demon. "Power had demonized him"
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Derivative terms: Demonisation, Demon, Demon, Demonization
Definition of Demonise
1. Verb. (British spelling) (alternative spelling of demonize) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Demonise
1. to demonize [v -ISED, -ISING, -ISES] - See also: demonize
Lexicographical Neighbors of Demonise
Literary usage of Demonise
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. What Holds Us Together: Social Cohesion in South Africa by David Chidester, Philip Dexter (2004)
"... while also refusing to demonise their oppressors. Examples of this sense of
kinship with the enemy can certainly be found in the recent history of South ..."
2. Shifting African Identities by S. B. Bekker, Martine Dodds, Meshack M. Khosa (2001)
"More purely ethnic conflicts elsewhere in Africa were also tempted sometimes to
use the religious card, either to win support for themselves or to demonise ..."
3. The Nineteenth Century (1881)
"They were to- be instigated to multiply material objects of adoration ; to convert
heroes and holy men into new Devas; to deify or demonise stocks ..."
4. Spiritual Magazine (1877)
"The bloodhound by smell, appears under that power to be almost supernatural; ?nd but
for our knowledge of how he is influenced, we might demonise him. ..."
5. Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway (1879)
"sentations of the gods, in their presentation on the stage by Euripides, in a
manner certain to demonise them to the vulgar, and to subject them to such ..."
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