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demonology

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de⋅mon⋅ol⋅o⋅gy

  [dee-muh-nol-uh-jee]
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–noun
1. the study of demons or of beliefs about demons.
2. belief in demons.
3. a group of persons or things regarded as evil or pernicious.
Also, daemonology.

Origin:
1590–1600; demono- + -logy

Related forms:
de⋅mon⋅o⋅log⋅ic  [dee-muh-nl-oj-ik] , de⋅mon⋅o⋅log⋅i⋅cal, adjective
de⋅mon⋅o⋅log⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
de⋅mon⋅ol⋅o⋅gist, noun
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de·mon·ol·o·gy   (dē'mə-nŏl'ə-jē)   
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).

de'mon·o·log'ic (-ə-lŏj'ĭk), de'mon·o·log'i·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adj., de'mon·ol'o·gist n.
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