demonism

American  

[dee-muh-niz-uhm] / ˈdi məˌnɪz əm /

noun

1. belief in demons.

2. the study of demons; demonology.

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demonism British  

/ ˈdiːməˌnɪzəm /

noun

1. 1. belief in the existence and power of demons

   2. worship of demons

2. another word for demonology

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Other Word Forms

• demonist noun

Etymology

Origin of demonism

First recorded in 1690–1700; demon- + -ism

Example Sentences

Insinuating an element of demonism into the interpretation of ordinary life justifies the word and the concept “horrible”, and retaliation in kind, whence all those guns.

From The Guardian

He favors, as an article in the journal Postmodern Culture suggested, “wrongness, ceremony and a bit of demonism.”

From New York Times

In Jonathan Church's breathtaking revival, it gets a performance of memorable comic demonism from Henry Goodman.

From The Guardian

What a pitiful horror indeed must that Ypres desolation and desecration be—a baseness of demonism.

From Project Gutenberg

They are only to be checked, then, because, if entirely unrestrained, they would finally run into utter selfishness and human demonism, which, as before hinted, are not by any means justified by the horologe.

From Project Gutenberg