demonology
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- noun
- /ˌdiːməˈnɑːlədʒi/
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demonología
- Many ancient texts explore demonology, detailing the characteristics of evil spirits.
Sitting them down and being like Mom, dad, I'm going into demonology.
- Sitting them down and being like Mom, dad, I'm going into demonology.
Examples
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Medicine and witchcraft, pharmacology and demonology, reason and unreason struck an odd alliance.
Academic text (2001) -
Piles of books on demonology are spread out before him.
Fiction book (1990) -
And from that moment on, I devoted myself to the study of demonology.
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There was talk of "the scholars of Germany who busy themselves almost daily with demonology."
Academic text (2001) -
Yeah, but demonology is part of our catechism, Father.
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I'm one of the world's leading researchers on ghosts and demonology.
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Perry, this is a catechism class, not Demonology 101.
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In each tale, demonology underscored a specific crisis in values: namely, how legitimate or traditional authority was seemingly collapsing in American society.
Academic text (2014) -
English translators of Isaiah 34:14 sometimes lack confidence in their readers' knowledge of Babylonian demonology.
Blog text (23) -
There are plenty of motives that could have prompted the pope to canonical action against ritual magic, and a doctrinal concern with demonology should certainly be taken into account.
Academic text (2007)
How Academic
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Etymology
Demonology comes from demon (from the old Greek word 'daimon', meaning 'spirit' or 'supernatural being') and the ending -logy meaning 'study', the same ending you see in biology. So, demonology is the 'study of demons' and of the beliefs about them.