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- verb British Alternative spelling of
demonize .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb make into a demon
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Examples
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People of all economic strata use the word to demonise others and maintain a sense of superiority.
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Rebecca MacKinnon - western media did not conspire to 'demonise' China
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Ngonyama said the reports were another attempt to "demonise" the government, the ANC and Chancellor House.
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Kaunda insisted that there was no need to "demonise" Mugabe over the problems in his country saying the crisis had been caused by a historic blunder of Zimbabwe's former colonial master, Britain.
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He lamented attempts to "demonise" Zimbabwe, saying the West was seeking to make an example of the country.
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SAPS spokesman Senior Superintendent Selby Bokaba said on Sunday that Solidarity was waging a campaign to "demonise" the SAPS management and to fan racial tension in the force by feeding the public "a litany of half-truths and blatant lies".
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South Africa's challenge was not how successful attempts were to "demonise" her, but whether her democratic right to public office was frustrated.
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Mandela also accused Western countries of trying to "demonise" the former marxist guerilla.
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Mugabe's policies on education, social services, land redistribution and black economic empowerment, hence the strategy to "demonise" their architect "and rubbish his country".
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KwaZulu/Natal provincial capital isue to try and "demonise" him and his party.
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