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demonization
[ dee-muh-nahy-zey-shuhn ]
noun
- the act or fact of regarding, treating, or speaking of a person or thing as entirely bad:
These bitter people carry on a systematic, unremitting demonization of the government, blaming it for whatever ails the economy.
- the act or fact of subjecting a person or thing to the influence of evil spirits; possession or oppression by a demon:
The effects of curses and occult rituals often involve demonization, and need to be revealed by the Holy Spirit.
Word History and Origins
Origin of demonization1
Example Sentences
He repeatedly demonized liberals and pushed GOP politicians further to the right on issues such as immigration, government spending and climate change.
As long as Dry January has existed, it has been mocked and criticized as a virtue-signaling gimmick that simply demonizes alcohol.
Still, it’s common to demonize certain carbs or fats, even if you aren’t on a particular diet.
And, somehow, “Democrats” were out to demonize Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s faith because there was chatter on Twitter, even though no Democrat in the Senate raised it during her confirmation hearings.
I think that conservatives are so tired of being demonized and so demonized and battered and shamed by the mainstream media and the Democrats.
But there is a messy middle territory between demonization and idealization.
But hey, why let facts get in the way of good ole demonization of a minority group for political gain?!
Western readers, he complains, have been subject to a “relentless demonization of Putin, with little regard for facts.”
“The demonization of black people in popular working-class culture is one way to work through anxieties about class,” Guterl said.
The reasons for the widespread suppression of the official Palestinian demonization of Jews and Israel are easily discernible.
Unreflected celebration of technocracy as the sole agent of change must be treated with the same suspicion as its demonization.
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