DEMONIZATION Synonyms

• a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions

• an abusive attack on a person's character or good name

• a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions

• an abusive attack on a person's character or good name

• a belittling comment

• an abusive attack on a person's character or good name

• the act of expressing disapproval (especially of yourself)

• a prayer to avert or remove some evil or disaster

• the act of expressing disapproval (especially of yourself)

• words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another

• an abusive attack on a person's character or good name

• charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone

• slanderous defamation

• a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope

• a blemish made by dirt

• an act that brings discredit to the person who does it

• stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance

• make a smudge on; soil by smudging

• cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it

• charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone

• the act of stigmatizing

• slanderous defamation

• a rude expression intended to offend or hurt

• make into a demon

• to represent as diabolically evil