Encyclopedia > Demonization

  Article Content

Demonization

Demonization is the characterization of individuals, groups, or political bodies as evil for purposes of unifying support, generally in the cause of warfare; facilitating greater ease for killing or destroying the demonized people.

Demonizing a group or culture generally involves a suspension of the normal considerations humane behaviour and human respect.

Table of contents

of Arabs and Muslims

  • Radical Islamist resistance

of Jews

  • Jews of Europe

of Asians

  • Viet Cong

of Christians

  • Infidels



All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

 
  Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!
 
 
  
  Featured Article
KANU

... from British colonial rule in 1963. From October 1952 to December 1959, Kenya was under a state of emergency arising from the "Mau Mau" rebellion against British ...

 
 
 
This page was created in 22.7 ms