demonologist
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- noun
- /ˌdiːməˈnɑːlədʒɪst/
- Specialized
- The demonologist explained how to identify signs of possession during the seminar.
Examples
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Wilson and Farmiga play a husband and wife team of demonologists and psychic investigators, Lorraine and Ed Warren, and this ends up being the most horrifying case of their career.
Blog text (14) -
I've been thinking about this whole demonologist thing.
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Not a dermatologist, a demonologist.
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He's a demonologist, he specializes in this sort of thing.
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If it doesn't work, if it doesn't help us, I'm calling the demonologist and we're getting this taken care of.
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Demonologists determined that one way in which the devil could intervene in human affairs was by taking advantage of the vulnerable sleeping person through dreams.
Academic text (2018) -
A renowned demonologist was invited to speak about the influence of demonic forces in folklore.
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After conducting extensive research, the demonologist published a book detailing various demonic phenomena.
Surface Forms
Morphology
demonologist = demonology (semi-transparent) = demon + ology + ist
The word is readily analysable as 'demonology' plus the person-forming suffix '-ist', but the learned classical base makes it only partly transparent for many learners.
Etymology
The word demonologist combines demon, from an old Greek word for 'spirit', and -ologist, which means 'one who studies' and appears in words like biologist. So a demonologist is a person who studies demons and their influence.