单词 | demonized |
释义 | demonizedadj. 1. Made into or represented as a demon; (now) esp. portrayed as wicked and threatening, esp. in an inaccurate or misrepresentative way. ΚΠ 1744 J. Jackson Addr. to Deists 112 Sainted and demoniz'd Souls of dead Men and Women who are canoniz'd in the Church of Rome in order to be worshipped. 1797 R. Heron tr. D.-J. Garat Mem. Revol. 88 One of those demonized human beings, who would annihilate the whole human race. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. v. iv. 305 Black demonised squadrons are massacring and harrying, with nameless cruelty. 1883 M. Williams Relig. Thought & Life in India ix. 234 Tenanted by..demonized spirits of dead men, superhuman beings. 1928 Amer. Mercury Oct. 212/2 The organized, monetized, politicalized, demonized liquor traffic is the most..damnable aggregation that God's eye ever saw. 1994 Time 28 Feb. 34/1 In the U.S. it has been African Americans and, more recently, homosexuals and feminists, who become the demonized Other. 2008 Univ. Pennsylvania Law Rev. 156 1875 The demonized figure of the rapacious class action attorney. 2. (Supposedly) possessed by a demon; demoniacal. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > possessed demoniacc1405 demoniaclec1500 obsessed1531 fanatical1569 possessed1577 demoniacal1588 demonical1629 demonized1778 the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [adjective] > possessing > possessed by demoniacc1405 demoniaclec1500 devilleda1557 bedevilled1574 possessed1577 devilished1583 through-devilled1586 demoniacal1588 inspiritate1600 demonical1629 spirited1667 energumenical1684 demonized1778 obsessed1845 1778 H. Farmer Lett. to Rev. Dr. Worthington iii. 98 Demoniacs (or, if I may be allowed the expression, demonized persons). 1853 Masonic Rev. June 134 There resided a demoniac in the person of a young woman, who, like the demonized damsel that followed Paul and Silas, [etc.]. 1900 Christian Advocate 22 Feb. 306/2 According to Jesus Himself, the demonized persons were actually possessed by an evil spirit. 2005 J. MacArthur Twelve Extraordinary Women (2008) 174 None of the demonized individuals in the New Testament is explicitly associated with immoral behavior. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1744 |
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