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demonize

verb as in turn into an evil spirit

Strongest match

  • diabolize
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At the time of her appointment, Ellison said he tapped Weiss to bring to CBS “news that reflects reality” and journalism that “doesn’t seek to demonize, but seeks to understand.”

Franco has been “demonized,” but he wasn’t demonic, Mr. Payne says.

When I look at Bristol Palin and see a young, awkward girl whose mama told her not to come, I can’t demonize her — no matter how much I disagree with her abstinence-only rhetoric.

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True, a politicized battery of United Nations organizations engineered a massive disinformation campaign, demonizing Israel as it waged a just war by just means.

Weiss, who started at the news organization earlier this month, has said she wants to focus on “news that reflects reality” and journalism that “doesn’t seek to demonize, but seeks to understand.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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