Portrayed as evil or demonic; vilified or severely condemned.
Past participle of demonise. The -ed ending marks completed action or state.
Groups throughout history have been demonised—Jews, Muslims, immigrants, disabled people—and historians now recognize this as a propaganda technique that dehumanizes people and enables atrocities by making them seem less than human.
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