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What is the noun for demoniac?

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demonization
  1. The act of demonizing.
  2. Something demonized. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “We reject the demonization of perceived enemies, which only paves the way to abuse.”
      “By far the majority of personifications are feminine, products of either an idealization or demonization of woman.”
      “Why is there this continual demonization of rural people who use guns, as though they are some kind of threat that has to be contained?”
demonography
  1. A bestiary dealing with demons.
  2. (figuratively) A list of people, institutions, etc. regarded as evil.
demon
  1. evil spirit
    1. An evil spirit; a devil. [from 10th c.]
    2. (now chiefly historical) A false god or idol; a Satanic divinity. [from 10th c.]
    3. A very wicked or malevolent person; also (in weakened sense) a mischievous person, especially a child. [from 16th c.]
    4. A source (especially personified) of great evil or wickedness; a destructive feeling or character flaw. [from 17th c.]
    5. (plural) A person's fears or anxieties. [from 19th c.]
    6. Someone with great strength, passion or skill for a particular activity, pursuit etc.; an enthusiast. [from 19th c.]
    7. (card game) A form of patience (known as Canfield in the US). [from 19th c.]
  2. supernatural (neutral) spirit
    1. A person's inner spirit or genius; a guiding or creative impulse. [from 14th c.]
    2. (Greek) A spirit intermediate between gods and humans; especially, the spirit of a dead person; a deified hero. [from 16th c.]
    3. A spirit not considered to be inherently evil a (non-Christian) deity or supernatural being. [from 19th c.]
    4. An hypothetical entity with special abilities postulated for the sake of a thought experiment in philosophy or physics.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “A demon appeared unto the Prince of the Eastern Indians in a shape that had some resemblance to Mr. Eliot, or an English minister.”
      “Some consider the lawyer to be the typical knave, the arch-villain, the perjured monster, the heartless demon of our social system.”
      “I intend to say that he has every right not to be more forthcoming, but some Freudian demon prompts me to say that he has every reason not to.”
demonocracy
  1. Democracy (when regarded as resulting in, or being no better than, government by figurative demons (i.e., evil people), or when otherwise held in contempt).
demonlore
demonology
  1. The study of demons, especially the incantations required to summon and control them.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “But it wasn't all that strange, because any wizard bright enough to survive for five minutes was also bright enough to realize that if there was any power in demonology, then it lay with the demons.”
      “Newspaper editor Laura Kincaid's investigation of the case and the small town uncovers a history of witchcraft and demonology.”
      “While demonology may be the most dramatic, mediumship is also a form of necromancy, as is divination, which employs the use of spirit guides.”
demonomagy
  1. (rare) Magic in which the aid of demons is invoked; black magic.
demonry
  1. demoniacal influence or possession
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “As our bandmate Ashok Kondabolu would say, John Boehner represents the utmost in white demonry.”
      “O'Connor detected a new and deadly demonry everywhere in the air.”
      “Emperor Jones is a full brother to stakes winners Appointed One and Majlood and a half brother to champion Bakharoff and stakes winners Sum, Demonry, and Thyer.”
demoniacism
  1. The state of being demoniac; the practices of demoniacs.
demonagogue
  1. A medicine used to exorcize a demon.
demonizer
  1. Agent noun of demonize; one who demonizes.
demonomist
  1. (archaic) One in subjection to a demon or demons.
demonism
  1. Belief in, or worship of demons or devils.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Dyer's mystical demonism accounts for the ambivalent, exhilarating, and uncanny dimension of his architecture.”
      “His treatment of demonism is written as an antidote to the outbreak of sorcery.”
      “They are trying to kill him, and this lethal intention enslaves them to lying and to demonism.”
demonianism
  1. (now rare) Possession by a demon or demons.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Strictly speaking, the belief in demonianism was distinct from that in witchcraft.”
demonisation
  1. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of demonization
  2. Examples:
    1. “Not the least of the nation's preoccupations in the present situation concerns the demonisation of the particular communities.”
      “The companion to media demonisation is the hagiolatry of Western leaders and apologetics for their crimes.”
      “The common factor in all these rumours is the demonisation of the Congo Tutsis, shown to be invaders, looters and traitors.”
demonologist
  1. An expert in the study of demonology.
  2. Examples:
    1. “In brief, Yates spends a deal of time defending the Elizabethan magician Dr Dee against charges of being a demonologist.”
      “He was a brilliant demonologist and an excellent demon hunter.”
      “Ed described himself as a demonologist, while Lorraine, who is 87, calls herself a trance medium.”
demonifuge
  1. A remedy to drive out demons.
demoniac
demonomy
  1. The dominion of demons.
demoniasm
  1. Alternative form of demonianism
demonolater
  1. One who worships demons.
demonophobia
  1. An irrational fear of demons.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The principal of these are demonophobia and the worship of human beings as incarnate deities.”
      “In this reign of demonophobia the psychological phenomena of the craze are well illustrated.”
      “The first of these patients especially dreads the flames of hell. This is the demonomania of Sauvages. I call it demonophobia, monodemonophobin.”
demonist
  1. A believer in, or worshipper of, demons.
demonship
  1. The state of a demon.
demonkind
  1. Demons collectively.
demoness
  1. A female demon.
  2. Examples:
    1. “This demoness is believed to suffer more pain than it inflicts, and vainly endeavours to destroy herself.”
      “Son of a Brahmin Vishravas and a demoness Kaikasi, and half-brother of Kubera, Ravana was a learned scholar and an ardent devotee of Shiva.”
      “The Holi festival commemorates the victory of good over evil, brought about by the burning and destruction of the demoness, named Holika.”
demonolatry
  1. Worship of demons.
  2. Examples:
    1. “It should be mentioned that even practitioners of demonolatry are misled in their perceptions of the nature of demons.”
      “It was pliant and amalgamated easily with local observances, in China with funeral rites, in Tibet with demonolatry.”
      “These were the outward symbols of demonolatry and superstition invented by scheming priests as the fabric of their sacerdotalism.”
demonisations
  1. plural of demonisation
demonizations
demonologists
  1. plural of demonologist
demonographies
  1. plural of demonography
demonagogues
  1. plural of demonagogue
demonolaters
  1. plural of demonolater
demonocracies
  1. plural of demonocracy
demonolatries
  1. plural of demonolatry
demonifuges
  1. plural of demonifuge
demonomists
  1. plural of demonomist
demonologies
demonizers
  1. plural of demonizer
demonships
  1. plural of demonship
demonisms
  1. plural of demonism
demoniacs
  1. plural of demoniac
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “This story is echoed in the demoniacs in the time of Jesus who wander among the tombs, separate from society, treated as less than human.”
      “Zephyr, raised in Vermont, presumably has known deer hunters and gun collectors as actual persons rather than the demoniacs of TV crime dramas.”
demonists
  1. plural of demonist
demonesses
  1. plural of demoness
demonries
demons
  1. plural of demon
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “We reached the second elevator without confrontation of demons and we found an elevator with the doors jammed shut.”
      “But after a whiskey-fuelled wrestle with his demons lasting into the wee small hours he lost his bottle and decided against the procedure.”
      “Such strange visions appeared during my delirium, beach demons with claws, odd quadrupeds, wings that staggered through dusk.”
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