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Definition of Demonization

1. Noun. To represent as diabolically evil. "The demonization of our enemies"

Definition of Demonization

1. Noun. The act of demonizing or something demonized ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Demonization

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Demonization

Literary usage of Demonization

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Implausible Deniability: State Responsibility for Rural Violence in Mexico by Joel A. Solomon, Human Rights Watch/Americas, Sebastian Brett, Cynthia G. Brown, Anne Manuel (1997)
"demonization of the Catholic Church in Chiapas Throughout Mexico, priests have come under attack for their pastoral work related to human rights.175 Nowhere ..."

2. Moon-O-Theism: Religion of a War and Moon God Prophet, Volume II of II by Yoel Natan (2006)
"... demonization of Islam may lead to a genocide just as the demonization of the Jews led to the Holocaust" (see Islamophobia in this Glossary). ..."

3. The Culture of Violence by Kumar Rupesinghe (1994)
"... as well as the demonization of enemies and the use of annihilation - an intertwining of pseudo-historical cultural constructs and a desire to preserve, ..."

4. William Lloyd Garrison by John Jay Chapman (1921)
"So of a hundred other cases of deification or demonization: — leaders seem, to be grabbed, used and flung aside by immaterial and pitiless currents of force ..."

5. Zaire: Predicament and Prospectsby Jean-Claude Willame, Hugues Leclercq, Peter Rosenblum, Catharine Newbury by Jean-Claude Willame, Hugues Leclercq, Peter Rosenblum, Catharine Newbury (1998)
"Beyond his demonization and eventual replacement there were no social or political projects. One outcome of the many alignments and realignments among ..."

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