demonkind
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All demons thought of as one group in stories
- noun
- /ˈdiːmənˌkaɪnd/
- Literature
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demonios
- The scholar devoted his life to studying the myths surrounding demonkind.
Examples
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With her gone, demonkind will slip back into the darkness from whence it came.
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In the battle against evil, the warriors united to confront demonkind.
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Legends tell us that demonkind once roamed freely among humans.
Surface Forms
demonkind singular
demonkinds plural
Morphology
Etymology
The word demonkind joins demon, from an old Greek word for a 'spirit', with kind, meaning 'type' or 'family'. Like mankind for humans, demonkind means all demons together or the nature of demons, which fits how it is used in stories.