DEMONIZE meaning: Portray negatively to provoke disdain

We found 21 dictionaries that define the word demonize:

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demonize: Merriam-Webster
demonize: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
demonize: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
demonize: Collins English Dictionary
demonize: Vocabulary.com
Demonize, demonize: Wordnik
demonize: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
demonize: Wiktionary
demonize: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
demonize: Infoplease Dictionary
Demonize, demonize: Dictionary.com
demonize: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Demonize: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
demonize: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
demonize: Rhymezone
Demonize: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
demonize: FreeDictionary.org
demonize: Mnemonic Dictionary
demonize: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ verb: (transitive) To turn into a demon.
▸ verb: (transitive, figuratively) To describe or represent as evil or diabolic, usually falsely.

Opposite:

eulogize

Types:

vilify, malign, decry, castigate, berate, condemn, more...

Colors:

black, red, dark purple, crimson, maroon, more...

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