monstrify

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English

Etymology

From monster +‎ -ify.

Verb

monstrify (third-person singular simple present monstrifies, present participle monstrifying, simple past and past participle monstrified)

  1. (transitive) To turn into a monster; to portray as monstrous.
    Hypernym: other
    • 2020, Axel Gasquet, Gorica Majstorovic, Cultural and Literary Dialogues Between Asia and Latin America, page 129:
      And like the police report, newspaper articles also monstrify the Japanese by demonizing kamikaze soldiers: []