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DEMONIZE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they demonize ... he / she / it demonizes
Past simple: demonized
Past participle: demonized
-ing form: demonizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make into a demon
Example:
Power had demonized him
Synonyms:
demonise; demonize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "demonize" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
Derivation:
demon (an evil supernatural being)
demon (a cruel wicked and inhuman person)
demonization (to represent as diabolically evil)
