monsterize

present singular third person monsterizes · participle present monsterizing · participle past monsterized · past monsterized · alternative monsterise

1. To make something or someone into a monster.

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   2010, Forrest J Ackerman, Vampirella Archives, volume 1, page 331

   Synonyms: monster

2. To give someone a very bad reputation; demonize, vilify.

   Vilification/monsterization denies agency by insisting upon the evil nature of the murderess, thus causing her to lose

   2003, Belinda Morrissey, When women kill: questions of agency and subjectivity, page 25

   2 more examples

   The particular conjunction of politics and 'monsters' in Richard III 'monsterizes' an already 'monstrous' language and institution, a reflection of the level of anxiety generated by the succession crisis in the 1590s.

   2002, Mark Thornton Burnett, Constructing 'monsters' in Shakespearean drama and early modern culture, page 93

   “I'd admit the past & monsterize myself in the eyes of the jury,” he wrote. “I would try to be emotionless, to add credibility to that monsterization.

   2006, Michael Finkel, True Story: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa

   Synonyms: denigrate, infamize, villainize, assassinate, asperse, backbite, badmouth, befoul