demonology

English

Etymology

From demon +‎ -logy.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˌdiːməˈnɒlədʒi/
• (US) IPA: /ˌdiːməˈnɑːlədʒi/

Noun

demonology (plural demonologies)

1. The study of demons, especially the incantations required to summon and control them.
   • 1990, Terry Pratchett, Eric, p 27,

     But it wasn't all that strange, because any wizard bright enough to survive for five minutes was also bright enough to realize that if there was any power in demonology, then it lay with the demons.

Derived terms

• demonologist

Translations

study of demons

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: демонология (bg) (demonológija) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鬼神學 (cmn), 鬼神学 (cmn) (guǐshénxué), 魔鬼研究 (cmn) (móguǐ yánjiū), 惡魔學 (cmn), 恶魔学 (cmn) (èmóxué)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: demonologie (nl) f
• Esperanto: demonologio (eo)
• Finnish: demonologia (fi)
• French: démonologie (fr) f
• German: Dämonologie (de) f
• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
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• Hungarian: demonológia (hu)
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• Ido: demonologio (io)
• Italian: demonologia (it) f
• Japanese: 悪魔学 (ja) (akumagaku)
• Khmer: ភូតវិទ្យា (km) (pʰuut vityie)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
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• Polish: demonologia (pl) f
• Portuguese: demonologia (pt) f
• Russian: демонология (ru) (demonológija) f
• Serbo-Croatian: demonologija (sh) f
• Spanish: demonología (es) f
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• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: demonoloji (tr), iblis bilimi (tr)
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