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monstrification

monstrification noun: the process of making something monstrous.

Noun

monstrification (countable and uncountable, plural monstrifications)

  1. The process of making something monstrous.
    • His origin amongst monsters and man-eaters signals the play's recurrent concerns with monstrification, with eating others or being eaten by them, and with issues of specularity […]1995, Bradley William Johnson, Birthed Effects: Shakespeare's Generation of Monsters, page 67
    • Although Ezekiel shares with other biblical authors (e.g., the writer of Isa 51:9–10) this view of Egypt as a monster, Ezekiel's monstrification of Egypt is unique.2015, Safwat Marzouk, Egypt as a Monster in the Book of Ezekiel, page 239

Forms of monstrification

pluralmonstrifications

Origin of monstrification

From monster + -ification.

Questions about monstrification

What does monstrification mean?
Monstrification means the process of making something monstrous.
What part of speech is monstrification?
Monstrification is a noun.
What is the plural of monstrification?
The plural of monstrification is monstrifications.

Words near monstrification in the dictionary

  1. monstress
  2. monstresses
  3. monstricide
  4. monstricides
  5. monstriferous
  6. monstrification
  7. monstrifications
  8. monstrified
  9. monstrifies
  10. monstrify
  11. monstrifying

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