Monstrify

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To turn into a monster; to portray as monstrous. transitive

    "And like the police report, newspaper articles also monstrify the Japanese by demonizing kamikaze soldiers: […]"

Example

More examples

"And like the police report, newspaper articles also monstrify the Japanese by demonizing kamikaze soldiers: […]"

Etymology

From monster + -ify.

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