单词 | demonology |
释义 | demonologyn. 1. A system of belief about demons or the demonic world, esp. as part of the theology of a particular religion; (also more generally) the study of demons. Also: a treatise on demons. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [noun] > demonology demonology1597 diabolism1608 diabology1693 diablerie1726 devilry1737 diabolology1831 demonography1852 society > faith > aspects of faith > doctrine > doctrine concerning devil(s) or demons > [noun] demonology1597 diabolism1608 Satanology1857 demonism1865 ponerology1872 pan-Satanism1894 pandiabolism1899 society > faith > aspects of faith > doctrine > doctrine concerning devil(s) or demons > [noun] > treatise on demonology1597 demonomany1597 1597 King James VI & I (title) Daemonologie, in forme of a dialogue, diuided into three bookes. 1650 J. Howell Addit. Lett. xxiii. 37 in Epistolæ Ho-elianæ (ed. 2) I return you the Manuscript you lent me of Dæmonologie. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xl. 256 The Greeks (from whose Customes, and Dæmonology..their Religion became..corrupted). 1676 Doctr. of Devils 54 This is..an Axiomatical Truth among the Doctors of Demonology, That a Devil or Witch can, for stupendiousness of the work do as much as ever Christ did. 1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies II. li. 243 I saw Hell painted in Fresco, on a Wall according to Des Cartes's System of Demonology. 1775 H. Farmer Ess. Demoniacs New Test. i. vii. 135 Demonology composed a very eminent part of the Pythagorean and Platonic philosophy. 1837 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. I. iv. iii. 281 An imaginary mythology or demonology. 1875 E. White Life in Christ (1878) iii. xxi. 310 The apostolic demonology alone explains that paradox. 1948 D. Obolensky Bogomils 186 Bogomil demonology, often connected, particularly in Bulgaria, with popular magic. 1972 ‘Zolar’ Hist. Astrol. vi. 102 The cabala is a complete system of symbolism, angelology, demonology, and magic. 1999 Cakgary (Alberta) Herald (Nexis) 24 Apr. j10 The study of good angels is angelology; the study of bad angels is demonology. 2000 S. Vickers Miss Garnet's Angel 341 Aesma daeva, the arch demon who is given ‘seven powers’ to destroy humankind in Zoroastrian demonology. 2. A (notional) list or catalogue of one's enemies or things one despises; (also) a set of beliefs about a person, group, or thing regarded as evil, dangerous, unwelcome, etc. ΚΠ 1846 M. Fuller Papers on Lit. & Art i. 150 Such is the demonology of the man of the world. It may rule in accordance with the law of right, but where it does not, the strongest man may lose the battle. 1896 W. E. H. Lecky Democracy & Liberty II. viii. 295 In the demonology of Marx the capitalist is the central figure. 1938 S. Chase Tyranny of Words i. 6 We..allow our language forms or symbolic machinery to fashion a demonology of absolutes and high-order abstractions. 1985 Observer 10 Feb. 9/6 The drug companies.., in the demonology of the Left, rank behind only the currency speculators and the merchants of death. 2011 Atlantic Monthly July 55/1 And thus public-employee unions emerged from a sleepy little corner in the demonology of American conservative thought to briefly occupy the role of villainus maximus in an ideology-laden fight over the soul of the American workforce. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1597 |
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