dedemonize

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verb

To make undemonic; to normalize.

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Meanings

verbdedemonize (third-person singular simple present dedemonizes, present participle dedemonizing, simple past and past participle dedemonized)

present singular third person dedemonizes · participle present dedemonizing · participle past dedemonized · past dedemonized

  1. intransitivetransitiveTo make undemonic; to normalize.

    My theory again: high comedy is always a defeat of the chthonian. The Bostonians is The Blithedale Romance dedaemonized.

    1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae
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    Tragically, by 1991 he was dying of AIDS, the disease that she had worked so hard to 'dedemonise' in the light of the public taboos against it.

    2016, Ken Wharfe, Robert Jobson, Diana – Closely Guarded Secret

Origin

From de- + demonize.

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APA

dedemonize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dedemonize

MLA

“dedemonize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dedemonize. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dedemonize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dedemonize.

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