Demonism

Quick meaning: Demonism is a noun meaning (uncountable) Belief in, or worship of demons or devils.

Meaning

(uncountable) Belief in, or worship of demons or devils.

More Meanings

1. (uncountable, often figurative) The quality of being demonic.
2. (countable) An act or event attributed to demons or devils; an evil act.

Example Sentences

What significant illustration of the demonism of the wind does a fallen palm present!

So many boys, so many places have disappeared. Blue Gate Fields, scene of many an Asiatic demonism, is gone.

Almost alone among contemporary conductors, he avoids the path of demonism; he takes music in his stride and does not press it with febrile intensity.

1915, Henry James, letter to Evan Charteris dated 22 January, 1915 in Percy Lubbock (ed.), The Letters of Henry James, London: Macmillan, Volume 2, p. 453, What a pitiful horror indeed must that Ypres desolation and desecration be—a baseness of demonism.

Word Forms

• demonisms

Synonyms for demonism

Depending on context, synonyms include diabolism, satanism.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include diabolism, satanism, demonolatry, demonianism, polydemonism, demonocracy.

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