Demonize [verb]

Definition of Demonize:

turn into an evil spirit

Synonyms of Demonize:

● Demean

● Deprecate

● Criticize

● Disparage

● Diminish

● Vilify


Opposite/Antonyms of Demonize:

● Honor

● Celebrate

● Canonize


Sentence/Example of Demonize:

It’s why visibility is such an important facet in the fight for acceptance – the more we become aware that the people we demonize are people we actually know, the more our attitudes change and our empathy grows.

His choices free or fetter, elevate or debase, deify or demonize his humanity.

The tendency to sentimentalize nature has, in our time, largely taken the place of the old tendency to demonize and spiritize it.