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demonizes

demonizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of demonize.

Meaning of demonize

Verb

demonize (third-person singular simple present demonizes, present participle demonizing, simple past and past participle demonized)

  1. (transitive) To turn into a demon.
    Synonyms:
    demonify, diabolize
    Antonyms:
    angelify, angelize
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To describe or represent as evil or diabolic, usually falsely.
    • President Trump has seized on the response in the streets to police brutality against Black men and women to bolster his re-election campaign, employing provocative and sometimes incendiary language and images to incite his followers, demonize his opponents or both.2020 September 1, Peter Baker, “Trump has a long history of language that incites and demonizes.”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 08 Sep 2020

Questions about demonizes

What is demonizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Demonizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of demonize.

Words near demonizes in the dictionary

  1. demonizations
  2. demonize
  3. demonized
  4. demonizer
  5. demonizers
  6. demonizes
  7. demonizing
  8. demonkin
  9. demonkind
  10. demonlike
  11. demonlore

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