verb
Meaning 1
To turn into a demon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: demonify, diabolize
Antonyms: angelify, angelize
Standard Lemma guide
demonize
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈdiːmənaɪz/
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verb
Meaning 2
To describe or represent as evil or diabolic, usually falsely.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: monster, monsterize, vilify, villainize, assassinate, asperse, backbite, badmouth, befoul, belibel, besmirch, besmear, bewray, blacken, blame, blaze, blemish, blot, blur, calumniate, calumny, chat shit, chat shite, cloud, defame, demonize, denigrate, deprave, depreciate, detract, dirty, discredit, disgrace, disparage, disrepute, diss, drag through the mud, forgab, forspeak, foul, infamize, lampoon, libel, malign, muddy, reproach, revile, scandal, shit-talk, slag, slander, smear, smirch, spatter, spot, speak ill of, stab, stain, sully, talk shit, talk shite, talk trash, tarnish, torch, traduce, trash-talk, unflatter, vilipend, wrong
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
make into a demon
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Power had demonized him
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: demonise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change, alter, modify
History
Etymology
From Medieval Latin daemonizō, from daemon + -izō. Compare Ancient Greek δαιμονίζομαι (daimonízomai, “to be possessed by a demon”), from δαίμων (daímōn, “demon”). By surface analysis, demon + -ize.
Across languages
Translations
41 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: демонизирам (demoniziram) — turn into a demon
- Estonian: kurjaks vaimuks muutma — turn into a demon
- Finnish: muuttaa pahoialseksi — turn into a demon
- Finnish: muuttaa demoniksi — turn into a demon
- French: diaboliser — turn into a demon
- French: démoniser — turn into a demon
- German: dämonisieren — turn into a demon
- Greek: δαιμονοποιώ (daimonopoió) — turn into a demon
- Italian: demonizzare — turn into a demon
- Northern Kurdish: dêw kirin — turn into a demon
- Polish: demonizować — turn into a demon
- Romanian: demoniza — turn into a demon
- Russian: демонизи́ровать (demonizírovatʹ) — turn into a demon
- Serbo-Croatian: демонизовати — turn into a demon
- Serbo-Croatian: demonizovati — turn into a demon
- Swedish: svärta ned — turn into a demon
- Vietnamese: biến thành quỷ — turn into a demon
- Belarusian: дэманізаваць (demanizavacʹ) — describe or represent as evil
- Catalan: demonitzar — describe or represent as evil
- Chinese Mandarin: 妖魔化 (yāomóhuà) — describe or represent as evil
- Czech: démonizovat — describe or represent as evil
- Dutch: demoniseren — describe or represent as evil
- Finnish: demonisoida — describe or represent as evil
- French: diaboliser — describe or represent as evil
- Galician: demonizar — describe or represent as evil
- German: dämonisieren — describe or represent as evil
- German: verteufeln — describe or represent as evil
- Greek: δαιμονοποιώ (daimonopoió) — describe or represent as evil
- Hindi: असुरीकरण (asurikaran) — describe or represent as evil
- Indonesian: ibliskan — describe or represent as evil
- Italian: demonizzare — describe or represent as evil
- Japanese: 悪魔化 (akuma-ka) — describe or represent as evil
- Polish: demonizować — describe or represent as evil
- Polish: diabolizować — describe or represent as evil
- Portuguese: demonizar — describe or represent as evil
- Romanian: demoniza — describe or represent as evil
- Russian: демонизи́ровать (demonizírovatʹ) — describe or represent as evil
- Spanish: demonizar — describe or represent as evil
- Swedish: demonisera — describe or represent as evil
- Ukrainian: демонізува́ти (demonizuváty) — describe or represent as evil
- Ukrainian: демонізо́вувати (demonizóvuvaty) — describe or represent as evil