dedemonize

English

Etymology

From de- +‎ demonize.

Verb

dedemonize (third-person singular simple present dedemonizes, present participle dedemonizing, simple past and past participle dedemonized)

1. To make undemonic; to normalize.
   • 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:

     My theory again: high comedy is always a defeat of the chthonian. The Bostonians is The Blithedale Romance dedaemonized.

   • 2016, Ken Wharfe, Robert Jobson, Diana – Closely Guarded Secret:

     Tragically, by 1991 he was dying of AIDS, the disease that she had worked so hard to 'dedemonise' in the light of the public taboos against it.