Monsterization

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The transformation of something or someone into a monster, either literally or figuratively.

    "A similar but less spectacular technology of monsterization propels the representation of Islam in England, where the "Saracen threat" never encroached and therefore was always in danger of seeming fantastic and remote."

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"A similar but less spectacular technology of monsterization propels the representation of Islam in England, where the "Saracen threat" never encroached and therefore was always in danger of seeming fantastic and remote."

Etymology

From monster + -ization.

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