Definition of demon Demon
/diˈmʌn/ - [deemun] - de•mon
We found 16 definitions of demon from 6 different sources.
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NounPlural: demons |
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| demon - someone extremely diligent or skillful; "he worked like a demon to finish the job on time"; "she's a demon at math" | ||
| demon - a cruel wicked and inhuman person | ||
| monster, fiend, devil, ogre | ||
| disagreeable person, unpleasant person a person who is not pleasant or agreeable | ||
| demon - an evil supernatural being | ||
| devil, fiend, daemon, daimon | ||
| evil spirit a spirit tending to cause harm | ||
| incubus a male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women | ||
| succuba, succubus a female demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping men | ||
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Wiktionary 
- demon (Noun)
An evil spirit. - demon (Noun)
A fallen angel or Satanic divinity; a false god. - demon (Noun)
One’s inner spirit or genius, a daimon. - demon (Noun)
A spirit or lesser divinity between men and gods. - demon (Noun)
A foible; a flaw in a person’s character. - demon (Noun)
Someone of remarkable or diabolical energy or ability. - demon (Noun)
Anything with malevolent effects.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- demon (n.)
A spirit, or immaterial being, holding a middle place between men and deities in pagan mythology. - demon (n.)
One's genius; a tutelary spirit or internal voice; as, the demon of Socrates. - demon (n.)
An evil spirit; a devil.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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demon
dē′mon, n. an evil spirit, a devil: sometimes like Dæmon, a friendly spirit or good genius:—fem. Dē′moness.—adjs. Demō′niac, Demōnī′acal, pertaining to or like demons or evil spirits: influenced by demons.—ns. Demō′niac, a human being possessed by a demon or evil spirit.—adv. Demonī′acally.—n. Demonī′acism, state of being a demoniac.—adj. Demō′nian (Milt.).—ns. Demō′nianism, Demō′niasm, possession by a demon.—v.t. Dē′monise, to convert into a demon: to control or possess by a demon.—ns. Dē′monism, a belief in demons; Dē′monist, a believer in demons; Demonoc′racy, the power of demons; Demonol′atry, the worship of demons; Demonol′ater, one who worships such; Demonology, an account of, or the study of, demons and their agency.—adjs. Demonolog′ic, -al.—ns. Demonol′ogist, a writer on demonology; Demonomā′nia, a form of mania in which the subject believes himself possessed by devils; Demon′omy, the dominion of demons; Dē′monry, demoniacal influence. [L. dæmon—Gr. daimōn, a spirit, genius; in N. T. and Late Greek, a devil.]
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A demon or daemon is a bad or powerful being in many world religions.
In religion, folklore, and mythology.
A demon is usually thought to be a supernatural creature that is a bad spirit. Demons are often described as being called by someone, and then working in a bad way. "To demonize" means to make someone appear evil.
In a few writings, there are also good demons, for example in stories by James Clerk Maxwell, Hesiod and Shakespeare. In Indo-European mythology and traditions of Iranian Avestan and Vedic, the idea of "demons" was there for many years. Ancient Egyptians thought of demons as "monsters" that ate souls of people when they went to the afterlife. In ancient Greek mythology, there are also "daemons" but they were thought to be invisible protectors that they believed protect them. In the book "Northern Lights", a daemon is said to be a creature that everyone has as part of the body. So if it is far away from someone, that person would feel hurt.
In the Greek New Testament and Hebrew Old Testament, demons are said to be bad. In Hebrew, demons are called "se'irim". In other Hebrew writings, they don't come from heaven, but came from another world and made much troubles. They gave diseases too. And they have a prince who is not God, but a demon.
In Hinduism, demons are called "asuras". "Patala" is thought to be an underground place below the Earth, where humans live. "Asura" means supernatural beings that were good or bad. People who do evil and horrible things in thei
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