Demonize

Quick meaning: Demonize is a verb meaning (transitive) To turn into a demon.

Meaning

(transitive) To turn into a demon.

More Meanings

1. (transitive, figuratively) To describe or represent as evil or diabolic, usually falsely.

Example Sentences

It brags “we can replace them”—and gaslights and demonizes those who notice and object to being replaced.

He calls for a “massive, urgent recruitment effort,” which is a fine idea, but one that’s likely to be futile unless we stop demonizing teachers and start paying them fairly.

President Trump has seized on the response in the streets to police brutality against Black men and women to bolster his re-election campaign, employing provocative and sometimes incendiary language and images to incite his followers, demonize his opponents or both.

Many people disagree with several things society has normalized, some of which are even demonized. Frustratingly, attaching a stigma to perfectly reasonable things makes people feel attacked when they publicly do them. Here are 18 things that society has unfairly demonized that should be considered normal.

Word Forms

• demonizes
• demonizing
• demonized
• demonise

Synonyms for demonize

Depending on context, synonyms include demonify, diabolize, monster, monsterize, vilify, villainize.

Antonyms for demonize

Common opposites include angelify, angelize.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include vilify, demonise, demonify, dedemonize, monsterize, daemonize.

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