demonization

Name: demonization, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“demonization” is uncommon English (frequency #71,440 among 26,416 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,440
frequency rank, English: 26,416
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The act of demonizing.

Key facts for demonization
Property	Value
Headword	demonization
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
Letters	12
Frequency rank	#71,440
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “demonization” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). demonization lands here:

#71,440

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

demonization is uncommon English at frequency #71,440 among 26,416 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

demonization has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From demon + -ization. The correct English form is demonization, spelled D-E-M-O-N-I-Z-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

1
The act of demonizing.
2
Something demonized.

Etymology

From demon + -ization.

This word in other languages

diabolisation(Français)Verteufelung(Deutsch)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "demonization"?

"demonization" is spelled D-E-M-O-N-I-Z-A-T-I-O-N.

What does "demonization" mean?

As a noun, "demonization" means: The act of demonizing.

What is the origin of the word "demonization"?

From demon + -ization. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Using “demonization”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct English spelling is D-E-M-O-N-I-Z-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.