🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

demonizar

Pronunciation / Transliteration: demonizar

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Demonize/ˈdiː.mə.naɪz/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Os meios de comunicação tendem a demonizar os oponentes políticos."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To portray or regard as a demon or evil.

    "The media tends to demonize political opponents to sway public opinion."
  2. 2

    To make someone or something seem wicked or evil.

    "In the debate, both sides attempted to demonize each other's arguments."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'demonize' originates from the word 'demon', which comes from the Greek 'daimon', meaning 'spirit' or 'divine power'. The verb form emerged in the late 20th century, reflecting a shift in meaning to portray someone or something as evil or malevolent.

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