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dedemonize

dedemonize verb: to make undemonic; to normalize.

Verb

dedemonize (third-person singular simple present dedemonizes, present participle dedemonizing, simple past and past participle dedemonized)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To make undemonic; to normalize.
    • My theory again: high comedy is always a defeat of the chthonian. The Bostonians is The Blithedale Romance dedaemonized.1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae
    • Tragically, by 1991 he was dying of AIDS, the disease that she had worked so hard to 'dedemonise' in the light of the public taboos against it.2016, Ken Wharfe, Robert Jobson, Diana – Closely Guarded Secret

Forms of dedemonize

third-person singular presentdedemonizes
present participlededemonizing
past participlededemonized
pastdedemonized

Origin of dedemonize

From de- + demonize.

Questions about dedemonize

What does dedemonize mean?
Dedemonize means to make undemonic; to normalize.
What part of speech is dedemonize?
Dedemonize is a verb.
What is the past tense of dedemonize?
The past tense of dedemonize is dedemonized.

Words near dedemonize in the dictionary

  1. Dedekind ring
  2. Dedekind rings
  3. Dedekindian
  4. dedemonisation
  5. dedemonization
  6. dedemonize
  7. dedemonized
  8. dedemonizes
  9. dedemonizing
  10. dedenda
  11. dedendum

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