单词 | diabolizing |
释义 | diabolizingn. The action of diabolize v.; (now) esp. the portrayal of a person, group, or thing as wicked or threatening, esp. in an inaccurate or misrepresentative way; demonizing. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [noun] > demonization diabolizing1648 diabolization1711 diabolification1784 demonization1799 demonizing1847 1648 J. Goodwin Νεοϕυτοπρεσβυτερος 114 I feare that he by his diabolizing and calumniating, feares not to destroy his soule. 1842 Dublin Univ. Mag. Jan. 7/2 There is actually a perpetual tendency in nature towards this psychising and ultimate diabolising of the whole human being. 1971 College Eng. 32 6/2 The diabolizing of enemies..inflicts a heavy loss, both in the human worth of the enemies killed and in the reduced humanity of the revolutionary executioners. 1998 Independent (Nexis) 23 Aug. 23 This sudden diabolising of the Boy President leaves me with an odd sensation of ambivalence. 2004 R. Emmett Tyrrell Madame Hillary vi. 161 The happy rank-and-file Democrats had savored each Clinton victory: the humbling of Newt Gingrich, the diabolizing of Ken Starr, [etc.]. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). diabolizingadj. That diabolizes someone or something (in various senses of the verb); that is being diabolized. Cf. diabolize v. ΚΠ 1616 R. Gostwick Anatomie Ananias 159 When a symonizing Scholler, agrees with a Gehezying Patron; and a Iudaizing Bishop, to make a diabolizing impropriation. 1711 tr. L. Bordelon Hist. Ridiculous Extravagancies Monsieur Oufle 172 These diabolising Souls [Fr. ces ames qui se diabolisent], are those of the wicked, the still-born, Women dying in Childbed, and of Men Kill'd in Duels. 1867 Reformed Church Rev. July 418 ‘Principalities and powers’, designating the diversity and multiplicity of the diabolizing agencies under his authority and direction. 1881 N. Amer. Rev. Feb. 132 It was maintained that so many dehumanizing ideas were mixed up with his conceptions of man, and so many diabolizing attributes embodied in his imagination of the Deity, that [etc.]. 1990 B. Sievers in J. Hassard & D. Pym Theory & Philos. Organizations (1995) viii. 130 These diabolizing tendencies in our organizational world and its surrounding social reality are manifold. 2009 Guardian (Nexis) 24 Feb. I have encountered the same diabolising argument in Denmark, Austria, Belgium and Italy: no discussion with the extreme right! This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1648adj.1616 |
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