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demonology
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de·mon·ol·o·gy  (dm-nl-j)
n.
1. The study of demons.
2. Belief in or worship of demons.
3. A list or catalog of one's enemies: "As the years passed [the magazine's] demonology expanded to include Bolsheviks, radicals, Franklin D. Roosevelt, the New Deal, Government work programs or aid programs of any kind" (Maggie Nichols).
demon·o·logic (--ljk), demon·o·logi·cal (--kl) adj.
demon·olo·gist n.
demonology [ˌdiːməˈnɒlədʒɪ]
n
1. (Christian Religious Writings / Theology) the study of demons or demonic beliefs Also called demonism
2. a set of people or things that are disliked or held in low esteem the place occupied by Hitler in contemporary demonology
demonological  [ˌdiːmənəˈlɒdʒɪkəl] adj
demonologist  n
demonology
1. the study of demons or superstitions about demons.
2. the doctrine of demons. Also demonography. — demonologist, n. — demonologic, demonological, adj.
See also: Demons
Translations
demonology [ˌdiːməˈnɒlədʒɪ] N → demonología f
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King James I of England, in his Daemonologie, referred to "the incredible strength of the possessed creature, which will farre exceede the strength of six of the wightest and wodest of any other men that are not so troubled.
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The last, and most astonishing, weakness of Willis' discussion of James is that she does not analyze his Daemonologie at all.
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