monstrification

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noun

The process of making something monstrous.

Scrabble 22

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nounmonstrification (countable and uncountable, plural monstrifications)

plural monstrifications

  1. countableuncountableThe process of making something monstrous.

    Although Ezekiel shares with other biblical authors (e.g., the writer of Isa 51:9–10) this view of Egypt as a monster, Ezekiel's monstrification of Egypt is unique.

    2015, Safwat Marzouk, Egypt as a Monster in the Book of Ezekiel, page 239
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    His origin amongst monsters and man-eaters signals the play's recurrent concerns with monstrification, with eating others or being eaten by them, and with issues of specularity […]

    1995, Bradley William Johnson, Birthed Effects: Shakespeare's Generation of Monsters, page 67

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APA

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

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

Chicago

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

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